Levi Richard Rushing

1906 - 1976  (69 years)

• Name	Levi Richard Rushing  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	23 Sep 1906	Winnsboro, Wood, Texas, USA   [1, 2, 3, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1920	Wood County, Texas, USA   [2]
  	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son
  Census	1950	McLennan County, Texas, USA   [3]
  	Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married to Erma
  Death	21 May 1976	Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA   [1, 6]
  Burial	Fort Parker Memorial Park, Groesbeck, Limestone, Texas, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I13299	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	James R 'Jim' Rushing,   b. 1 Mar 1870, Pike County, Alabama, USA d. 1 Jun 1952, Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA (Age 82 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Lydia Hastletine Radney,   b. 6 Aug 1874, Georgia, USA d. 30 Jul 1952, Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA (Age 77 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	24 Sep 1893	Wood County, Texas, USA
  Family ID	F8355	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Erma Richards,   b. 12 Jun 1908, Texas, USA d. 10 May 2002 (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	31 Dec 1952	McLennan County, Texas, USA   [4, 5, 7]
  	Mrs Erma Gilmore and Levi Rushing
  Family ID	F4565	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 23 Sep 1906 - Winnsboro, Wood, Texas, USA Census - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son - 1920 - Wood County, Texas, USA Census - Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married to Erma - 1950 - McLennan County, Texas, USA Marriage - 31 Dec 1952 - McLennan County, Texas, USA Death - 21 May 1976 - Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S34] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Levi Rushing. [S30] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Justice Precinct 2, Wood, Texas; Roll: T625_1860; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 145. 1920 United States Federal Census [S1] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: McLennan, Texas; Rol. 1950 United States Federal Census [S159] Ancestry.com, Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1837-1965, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), McLennan County Clerk's Office; Waco, Texas; McLennan County Marriages, 1850-1965. Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1837-1965 [S3] Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2020;), Waco Tribune-Herald; Publication Date: 1/ Jan/ 1953; Publication Place: Waco, Texas, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/48084222/?article=64607fbb-4cc8-41d7-888b-a80ef8787239&focus=0.02568381,0.10066357,0.26680237,0.4383461&xid=3398. [S126] Ancestry.com, Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;), Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin Texas, USA. [S3204] Marriage of Erma and Levi Rushing - Waco Tribune-Herald - 1 Jan 1953, (Name: Waco Tribune-Herald; Location: Waco TX; Date: 1 Jan 1953;), MARRIAGE LICENSE 1,711. Mrs Erma Gilmore, 44, and Levi R Rushing, 46, late Wednesday obtained the 1,711th license to wed issued by County Clerk Floyd Mitchell's office for 1952, a record number for this county. In 1951 there were 1,616 licenses issued and in 1950 there were 1,608. Rushing, a salesman and Mrs Gilmore were married by County Judge McKie Walker immediately after obtaining their license. They will reside in Lakeview. Asked why they picked the last day of the year to wed, they replied, "We wanted to do something good ... to remember l952." Deputy Clerk Doyle Baker is shown issuing the license. (Photo by Windy Drum.) • Waco Tribune-Herald • Waco, Texas • 01 Jan 1953, Thu • Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/48084222/?article=64607fbb-4cc8-41d7-888b-a80ef8787239&focus=0.02568381,0.10066357,0.26680237,0.4383461&xid=3398 News-RUSHING Erma and Levi (Marriage)