Dorothy Bush

Obituary for Dorothy Hankins Bush Memphis - Dorothy Hankins Bush, 83, died Saturday, August 13, 2011, at Baptist Hospital, East in Memphis, Tennessee. She was born in Ecru, Mississippi on July 27, 1928 to Andrew Jackson and Quillie Kinglsey Hankins. She attended Algoma High School and graduated from Saltillo High School. Earlier in life, she worked as a bookkeeper. She was a former member of the Womens Auxiliary in Pontotoc. She was a long-time member of the First Assembly of God in Pontotoc and then later East Heights Assembly of God in Tupelo. Services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at The Jefferson Street Chapel of W. E. Pegues with Rev. Larry Smith and Rev. Franklin Davis officiating. Burial will be in Auburn Cemetery. Survivors include two sons, Joel G. Bush (Jill) of Clarksville, Tenn., and Richard D. Bush (Jane) of Bartlett, Tenn; four grandchildren, Joel G. Bush, Jr. (Dana) of Jackson, Tenn., Heath O'Gwin Bush (Karen) of Nashville, Tenn., and Emily Bush (Eric Snyder) of Nashville, Tenn.; Sabrina M. Rushton (David) of Lakeland, Tenn.; one step-grandaughter, Elizabeth Halford of Bartlett; eight great-grandchildren; two sisters, Geraldine Hankins Davis (Rev. Franklin Davis) and Mary Ruth Bass both of Tupelo. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Edward Gordon Bush in 2007; one brother, Marvin Hankins. Visitation will be 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. Monday, August 15, 2011 at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the First Assembly of God in Pontotoc. Expressions of sympathy may be left at www.peguesfuneralhome.com