- Collection:
- Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection
- Title:
- Celebration of Life for Mrs. Evelyn Juanita Leontyne Bush, 1928-2016, Saturday, November 5, 2016, 12:00 Noon, Macedonia Baptist Church, 1519 Macedonia Church Road, Monroe, GA 30656, Reverend Grady Hendricks, Eulogist, Reverend Kenneth P. Cooper, Officiating
- Date of Original:
- 2016-11-05
- Subject:
- African American women--Georgia--Monroe--History--20th century
African Americans--Funeral customs and rites--Georgia--Monroe--History--20th century
Funeral rites and ceremonies--Georgia--Monroe---History--20th century
Funeral service--Georgia--Monroe--History--20th century
Mourning customs--Georgia--Monroe--History--20th century
African Americans--Georgia--Monroe--Genealogy - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Walton County, Monroe, 33.79484, -83.71323
- Medium:
- church records
programs (documents)
records (documents) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Funeral program for Evelyn Juanita Leontyne Bush. Birth date: January 15, 1928. Death date: (not recorded). Funeral date: November 5, 2016. Church: Mecedonia Baptist Church (Monroe, Ga.). The Atlanta Funeral Programs Collection is a project of the Digital Library of Georgia in association with the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History as part of Georgia HomePLACE. The project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.
- Local Identifier:
- Folder number: 430
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:aarl_afpc_bushevelynjuanitaleontyne20161105
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:aarl_afpc_bushevelynjuanitaleontyne20161105
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 6 pages
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
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Prelude Processional and Parting View Minister Presiding
Reverend Kenneth Cooper Kingdom Communiry Worship Center
Hymn Selection
Scriptures Old Testament
New Testament
Macedonia Church Choir
Reverend Clinton Sorrells, Sr. New Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church
Reverend Nathan Durham N -ew Beginning Bible Church
Prayer of Comfort
Reverend Nathan Durham
Selection
Jeanette Gordon/ Macedonia Church Choir
Tributes Remarks Obituary (Read Silent!J) Eulogy Acknowledgements /Presentation Recessional Postlude
Mr. James Neal, Jr. Executive Secretary GFSPA
Reverend Grady Hendricks Jackson Funeral Home Sta.ff
Grace Jackson Memorial Gardens 1655 Gratis Road, NW Monroe, GA 30656
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Jackson Funeral Home Fellowship Hall 1338 Gratis Road, NW Monroe G
1rfembers of the 7th District GFSPA, Inc. Nieces and Nephews
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The family of Evelyn L. Bush extends sincere appreciation for your many expressions of sympathy. \Y/e are comforted by your expressions of love, support, thoughtfulness and kindness during this difficult time. \YJe would like to send a special "thank you' to Joyce A. L\1cDougal and the staff of Joy Home Cares for the loving care you have shared with our family. Special thanks to the ~1acedonia Baptist Church Family.
Services Entrusted to Jackson Funeral Home "\X!here Service \YJhispers What Words Cannot Say" 1338 Gratis Road, N\'(1 .lvfonroe, Georgia 30656
770-267-2833 Programs by Darryl Allen's PLUS 404.755.0965
Saturday, November 5, 2016 12:00 Noon
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1519 11acedonia Church Road 1r1onroe, GA 30656
Reverend Grady Hendricks, Eu!ogi.rt Reverend Kenneth P. Cooper, Officiating
Born January 15, 1928 in Detroit Michigan, :Mrs. Bush is the daughter of the late Mr. and :Mrs. Dupree Rakestraw (Grace Jackson). The oldest of two children, she was preceded in death by her brother Dupree D. Rakestraw.
She lived and taught school in Jackson, Georgia where she met and married the late Dr. \Valter R. Bush, Sr.,Ed.D on August 17, 1952. Dr. and :Mrs. Bush were the proud parents of daughter, ZeEsther and son Walter Jr. (Ricky) and shared 62 years of marriage.
She attended \Valton County schools in her formative years during which she was an active basketball player and coach. Mrs. Bush received a Bachelor's Degree from Clark College and her Master's Degree in Mathematics from Atlanta University. A graduate of Gupton-]ones College of Mortuary Science in Atlanta Georgia, J\1rs. Bush then embarked on a second career as a funeral director. Upon the death of her mother, Grace Jackson she became the owner of Jackson Funeral Home, which had been founded and maintained as a family business since 1926. Even after her retirement from education, she ran the funeral home until her illness.
She was a passionate and dedicated teacher in many locations including Jackson, Covington, Greensboro and Dalton Public Schools. Alongside her husband, she was also the manager/owner of the Jackson-Bush farm. They enjoyed the cattle and farming business often traveling together to Cattle Auctions and Barn Sales.
Mrs. Bush was an active participant/board member in several organizations including the \Valton County Red Cross, and J oily Rogers Matrons Social Club. She was also an involved member of the Georgia Funeral Service Practitioners Association and specifically the Seventh District Funeral Directors, where she was named Mortician of the Year. She and Dr. Bush loved to attend state and national funeral directors' conventions together.
She loved life. She loved people and her family (especially those grandkids). Mrs. Bush (known as "Jackie" to her husband's side of the family) also was an active participant/organizer of the Revere Family Reunion. She enjoyed any opportunity to go down to the fishpond. She loved good food. She loved to dance, even appearing on TV teaching fans the right way to do the "dirty bird". As an avid sports fan she enjoyed football, basketball and baseball. Her Atlanta Falcons Football outings had to include a Varsity hotdog attending all home games with her family and friends, including her husband, WR and his twin brother WA and sister in law Annie Ruth, with Zee, Virgil, Janice, Doris, Cousin/Uncle Bill, Aunt Madie and brother Clarence.
:Mrs. Bush was deeply rooted in her faith and always found a church home wherever she lived, including Israel Temple CME Church ,Jackson, GA, Bethel AME Church, Dalton, GA, and Green Mount United Methodist Church, Barnesville, GA. She is returning to her home church of Macedonia Baptist Church, Monroe, GA. She was also an active member of the Macedonia Missionary Society.
Evelyn L. Bush is survived by daughter, ZeEsther M. Bush-Collier, Fayetteville, GA; son, Dr. Walter "Ricky" Bush, Jr. M.D .(daughter -in-law, Brenda Bush), Manhattan Beach, CA; grandchildren, Alexandra Jane Bush and Trey Walter Richard Bush III; sister-in-law, Annie Ruth Bush, Barnesville, GA; as well as an abundance of loving nieces, nephews, extended family, former students, colleagues and close friends.