STATESBORO, Ga. -- Mr. Jerry Kyle Rushing Sr., age 83, died Saturday, December 19, 2020, at the Ogeechee Area Hospice inpatient facility in Statesboro.
Jerry was born in Register, Georgia, in 1937 to Otis and Bonnie Lou Futch Rushing.
He was a 1955 graduate of Marvin Pittman Laboratory School in Statesboro and attended and graduated from North Georgia Trade School on a basketball scholarship. He then began his employment with Ryder Trucking Company in Hazlehurst, Georgia, where he worked for several years and later with Braswell Foods. Jerry then began his career with Cal-Maine Foods, where he worked for 15 years prior to starting his own company J.V. Inc., a trucking company, which he owned and operated until his retirement.
He was a member of the Statesboro Primitive Baptist Church.
Jerry was preceded in death by his parents, Otis Rushing and Bonnie Lou Futch Rushing.
Surviving are his wife of 62 years, Rose Martin Rushing of Statesboro; two sons and daughters-in-law, Kyle and Kathy Rushing of Register and Marty and Candace Rushing of Register; his grandchildren, Haley and Kevin O’Grady of Martinez, Matt Rushing, and his fiancée, Kirby Southerland, of Savannah; Lawson Rushing of Statesboro, Will Rushing of Statesboro, Morgan Bowen of Chattanooga, Tenn.; and Thomas Bowen of Statesboro; two great-grandchildren, Jack O’Grady and Ellie Rose O’Grady; and a brother and sister-in-law, James and June Rushing of Statesboro.
The family will receive visitors on Tuesday, December 22, from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. in the chapel of Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home in Statesboro.
The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home with Elder Randy Waters officiating.
For those desiring to view the services via livestream, you may do so by joining the group “Joiner-Anderson Live Stream” at https://www.facebook.com/groups/jafhlive/.
Interment will be in the Eastside Cemetery in Statesboro.
Pallbearers will be his grandsons and grandson-in-law, Matt Rushing, Lawson Rushing, Will Rushing, Thomas Bowen and Kevin O’Grady and Ron Rushing.
The family requests that memorial contributions be made to Ogeechee Area Hospice, P.O. Box 531, Statesboro, GA 30459; or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 262 South Danny Thomas Boulevard, Memphis, TN 38105; or at www.stjude.org; or Statesboro Primitive Baptist Church, 4 South Zetterower Avenue, Statesboro, GA 30458.
Friends may sign the online register book at www.joinernaderon.com.
Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home & Crematory of Statesboro is in charge of the arrangements.
Statesboro Herald, December 22, 2020
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Jerry was born in Register, Georgia, in 1937 to Otis and Bonnie Lou Futch Rushing.
He was a 1955 graduate of Marvin Pittman Laboratory School in Statesboro and attended and graduated from North Georgia Trade School on a basketball scholarship. He then began his employment with Ryder Trucking Company in Hazlehurst, Georgia, where he worked for several years and later with Braswell Foods. Jerry then began his career with Cal-Maine Foods, where he worked for 15 years prior to starting his own company J.V. Inc., a trucking company, which he owned and operated until his retirement.
He was a member of the Statesboro Primitive Baptist Church.
Jerry was preceded in death by his parents, Otis Rushing and Bonnie Lou Futch Rushing.
Surviving are his wife of 62 years, Rose Martin Rushing of Statesboro; two sons and daughters-in-law, Kyle and Kathy Rushing of Register and Marty and Candace Rushing of Register; his grandchildren, Haley and Kevin O’Grady of Martinez, Matt Rushing, and his fiancée, Kirby Southerland, of Savannah; Lawson Rushing of Statesboro, Will Rushing of Statesboro, Morgan Bowen of Chattanooga, Tenn.; and Thomas Bowen of Statesboro; two great-grandchildren, Jack O’Grady and Ellie Rose O’Grady; and a brother and sister-in-law, James and June Rushing of Statesboro.
The family will receive visitors on Tuesday, December 22, from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. in the chapel of Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home in Statesboro.
The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home with Elder Randy Waters officiating.
For those desiring to view the services via livestream, you may do so by joining the group “Joiner-Anderson Live Stream” at https://www.facebook.com/groups/jafhlive/.
Interment will be in the Eastside Cemetery in Statesboro.
Pallbearers will be his grandsons and grandson-in-law, Matt Rushing, Lawson Rushing, Will Rushing, Thomas Bowen and Kevin O’Grady and Ron Rushing.
The family requests that memorial contributions be made to Ogeechee Area Hospice, P.O. Box 531, Statesboro, GA 30459; or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 262 South Danny Thomas Boulevard, Memphis, TN 38105; or at www.stjude.org; or Statesboro Primitive Baptist Church, 4 South Zetterower Avenue, Statesboro, GA 30458.
Friends may sign the online register book at www.joinernaderon.com.
Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home & Crematory of Statesboro is in charge of the arrangements.
Statesboro Herald, December 22, 2020
Sign the Legacy online guestbook at www.statesboroherald.com.