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April 23, 1926 –  September 11, 2009  WHITESBORO รข?? Graveside Services for J.L. Rushing, 83, will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 14, 2009 at the Ross Cemetery in Baird, Texas with Rev. Don Sample officiating. Services are under the direction of Meador Funeral Home of Whitesboro. Visitation will be held from 6 p.m. until 7 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009 at Meador Funeral Home.
J.L. passed away on Friday, September 11, 2009 at the Whitesboro Health and Rehab Center in Whitesboro.

He was born on April 23, 1926 in Wheeler County, Texas to Lee and Lena (Petterson) Rushing. J.L. served in the U.S. Marine Corps during WWII. He was a retired oil field pumper. J. L. married Mary Seymour on March 30, 1985 in Corsicana, Texas.

Survivors include his wife, Mary Rushing of Whitesboro; two sons, Raymond Smith of Whitesboro and Joel Rushing of Whitesboro; 3 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren; a sister, Virginia Belcher of Friona, Texas and a brother, Norman Rushing of Houston, Texas; several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by a son, Jimmy Dean Rushing; a daughter, Carlene Fields; first wife, Mabel Rushing; parents, Lee and Lena Rushing and 2 siblings.