James Henry Bush, age 70, of Millport, AL died April 19, 2019 at Hospice of West Alabama.
Funeral services will be 2:00 pm Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at Skelton Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Trey
Reece and Rev. Gene Dawkins officiating. Burial will follow in Andrews Chapel in the Liberty community with Skelton Funeral Home of Reform directing. Visitation will be from 12:00 noon to 2:00 pm.
He was preceded in death by his parents, J. D. Bush and Hazel Bush and Mable Marie Coleman
Coggins and his brother, Wayne Bush.
Survivors include his wife of 49 years, Cathy B. Bush; daughters, Tasmine Hemphill (Darvin) and
Patsy Marie Bush (Terry Mills); son, James Stacy Bush; three sisters, Bobbie Nell Harrington (Don), Pauline Oglesby (Jeff), Margie Sledge (Raymond), Debra McDaniel (Johnny) , Sandra Osborne (Earl) and Gail Segal; three brothers, Terry Coggins, Mike Coggins and Johnny Coggins; seven grandchildren, Nikki Bush, Cheyenne Hemphill, Jasper Deason, Bradee Hemphill, Austin Bush, Jesse Mills and Jaymie Mills; two
great-grandchildren, Kamden Garcia and Swayzee Rogers and numerous nieces and nephews.
James was born May 19, 1948 in Starkville, Mississippi. He was a member of Ethelsville Church
of God and a retired employee of Omnova in Columbus, MS.
James was retired from the U.S. Army with 19 years and 9 months of service. He was a veteran of Vietnam, Desert Shield and Desert Storm.
Pallbearers will be Stacy Bush, Jasper Deason, Elliot McDaniel, Darvin Hemphill, Terry Mills,
Israel Sudduth, Larry Manzolillo, Eric Adams, Scott Sullivan, Jeff Oglesby and Johnny McDaniel. Honorary Pallbearers are his family and friends to numerous to name.
In lieu of flowers the family suggests memorials to the Wounded Warriors Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, Kansas 66675 or to Hospice of West Alabama, 3851 Loop Road, Tuscaloosa, AL 35404.