George Aston Rushing
1909 - 1950 (41 years)-
Name George Aston Rushing [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] Birth 27 Apr 1909 Lueders, Jones, Texas, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8] Gender Male Census 1920 Wood County, Texas, USA [7] Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son Census 1930 Fannin County, Texas, USA [6] Marital Status: Married to Laura; Relation to Head: Head Census 1940 Stamford, Jones, Texas, USA [2] Marital Status: Married to Laura; Relation to Head of House: Head Military Draft Registration 1940 Stamford, Jones, Texas, USA [8] Draft Registration - WWII Obituary Jul 1950 Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas, USA [4] Obituary of George Rushing • Times Record News • Wichita Falls, Texas • 28 Jul 1950, Fri • Page 7 Fatality-RUSHING George (Truck Crash) Death 26 Jul 1950 Fredericksburg, Gillespie, Texas, USA [1, 3, 4] Cause: Fatal Crash - His truck jacknifed in heavy rain
Burial Highland Cemetery, Stamford, Haskell, Texas, USA [1] Person ID I26862 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 1 Laura Beatrice Stroud, b. Abt 1911, Texas, USA Marriage Bef 1930 [6] Children 1. Mehia Ary Rushing 2. Melba Joyce Rushing, b. 25 Jan 1944, Texas, USA d. 5 Feb 2005, Garland, Dallas, Texas, USA (Age 61 years) [natural] 3. Leila Jean Rushing, b. 1 Jan 1934, Stamford, Jones, Texas, USA d. 21 Jul 2007, Kermit, Winkler, Texas, USA (Age 73 years) [natural] 4. Pauline Rushing, b. 10 Jan 1936, Jones County, Texas, USA d. 30 May 1997 (Age 61 years) [natural] 5. Hellen Joann Rushing, b. 10 Jun 1932, Tuxedo, Jones, Texas, USA d. 14 Feb 2016, Beaver, Beaver, Oklahoma, USA (Age 83 years) [natural] 6. Bobby Carl Rushing 7. Floyd J Rushing, b. 5 Oct 1928, Hamlin, Jones, Texas, USA d. 26 Apr 1995, Del Rio, Val Verde, Texas, USA (Age 66 years) [natural] 8. Virginia Mae Rushing, b. 3 Aug 1930, Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, USA d. 11 May 1997, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA (Age 66 years) [natural] Family ID F11504 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Mar 2023
Family 2 Veda Griffith Marriage Abt 1947 [4] Family ID F11505 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Mar 2023
Family 3 Lorena Kathrine Yarbrough, b. 1 Nov 1919, Rule, Haskell, Texas, USA d. 6 Jun 1988, San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas, USA (Age 68 years) Marriage 25 Mar 1947 Haskell County, Texas, USA [5] Children 1. Johnnie Mack Rushing, b. 16 Jun 1948, Stamford, Haskell, Texas, USA d. 5 Aug 2020, San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas, USA (Age 72 years) [natural] Family ID F11506 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Mar 2023
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News Fatality-RUSHING George (Truck Crash)
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Sources - [S2032] Ancestry.com, Web: Texas, Find A Grave Index, 1761-2012, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
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Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982 - [S2908] Obituary of George Rushing - Wichita Falls Times Recorder News - 1950, (Name: Times Record News; Location: Wichita Falls TX; Date: 28 Jul 1950;), STAMFORD MAN DIES IN HIGHWAY ACCIDENT.
Funeral service for George Astin Rushing 41, driver of a truck for JE Jackson Jr of Stamford will be held Friday at Kinney and Corley Funeral Chape;.
Rushing was killed Wednesday in a highway accident 16 miles north of Fredericksburg during a heavy rainstorm according to information received here.
The trailer-truck which he was driving jumped a bridge and he was thrown from the truck. He was found a short time later by ja state highway department maintenance crew and was taken to a Fredericksburg hospital by ambulance. He waa pronounced dead upon arrival.
Rushing is survived by his wife, the former Veda Griffith and seven children by a former marriage: Floyd Rushing, Mrs Sylvester McKay. Helen Joann, Leila, Pauline, Bobby, Carl, and Melba Joyce Rushing; a grandson: his parents Mr and Mrs Jim Rushing of Waco; a brother Richard Rushing of Waco; two sisters, Mrs Backie Wade and Mrs Dell Hilliard of Odessa.
• Times Record News • Wichita Falls, Texas • 28 Jul 1950, Fri • Page 7
https://www.newspapers.com/image/775050819/?article=15b3b432-d27a-40c0-bc7a-19eed46c9b2b&focus=0.38528118,0.03652068,0.5024457,0.23555553&xid=3355Fatality-RUSHING George (Truck Crash) - [S140] Ancestry.com, Texas, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1817-1965, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;).
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1930 United States Federal Census - [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.
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