Sheila Faye Rush, age 64, of Aliceville, AL died June 12, 2019 at DCH Regional Medical Center.
Funeral services will be 2:00 pm Sunday, June 16, 2019 at Dogwood Chapel with Rev. Rodney Hedrick
officiating. Burial will follow in Magnolia Memorial Gardens with Skelton Funeral Home of Reform
directing. Visitation will be one hour prior and immediately following the service at Dogwood Chapel,
200 5th Street NE in Aliceville.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Johnny Edgar Rush; brother-in-law, Jerry Heath Rush;
her parents; sister, Martha Glynn Bookout and stepfather, Roy Bowens.
Survivors include her daughter, Shannon Mayhew (Mark); son, Nicholas "Nick" Rush (Gail); two
brothers, Charles Gerald Wheeles and Bert Lee Wheeles (Linda); six grandchildren, Johnmesha Mayhew,
Jamie Caples, Zahkariah Manning, Cameron Rush, Kylar Rush and Karleigh Rush; two great-grandchildren,
Zaiden Mayhew and Jaden Lewis; stepmother, Jackie Bowens; stepsister, Julie Mathis (Quincy); aunt, Ruby
Horsely (James); uncle, Bud Finch and a number of nieces and nephews.
Sheila was born January 27, 1955 in Talladega, Alabama to the late Robert Gerald Wheeles and
Nellie Sue Webster Wheeles. She was a member of Aliceville Family Worship Center and a retired lunchroom
worker for the Pickens County Board of Education.
Honorary Pallbearers are employees of Amedisys Home Health.