 Denison  Section 11  John W. Rushing 1874 - 1947 Irene L. Rushing 1873 - 1950  Alvie R. Rushing 1904 - 1972 Ethel B. Rushing 1906 - 1975  J.W. Rushing 12 July 1923 - 11 August 1937 The Denison Press Thursday, August 12, 1937 pg. 1 GUN FIRES ACCIDENTALLY, YOUTH DIES Cotton Mill Youth Accidentally Discharges Gun While Hunting and Attempts to Crawl Way Back to Help WELL KNOWN BALL PLAYER Colbert Citizens Hold Wide Search for Body of Youth When He Fails to Appear Apparently expiring as he struggled inch by inch to reach his grandparents' home, J.W.Rushing, 14-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. A.R. Rushing of the Cotton Mill community, was found deah shortly after midnight Thursday. The youth left Sunday for his grandparents' home in Colbert, Oklahoma to spend the week. Wednesday afternoon he told relatives he was going hunting with the .22 rifle he owned. When he failed to return on time, his grandparents rounded up neighbors and began a wide search. The body of the youth, still and apparently dead for several hours, was found shortly after the search began. The body was found in a field where the youth had evidently discharged his gun accidentally, the bullet entering his right side. His attempt to crawl to the house could be seen, but he succumbed a short distance from his grandparents', Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Rushing, home. Young Rushing was well known in baseball circles here, having come from a baseball family and recently named head of the Junior Cotton Mill team. He was born July 12, 1923 at Denison and attended the Denison schools and was a member of the Sunnyside Baptist Church. Surviving are his parents; three brothers, Charles, Suverne, and Ronald. Also a sister, Neva Dell Rushing, survives. Funeral arrangements had not been made Thursday morning. The body of the lad was brought to Denison early this morning and prepared for burial at the Short-Murray funeral home. The Denison Press Friday, August 13, 1937 pg. 1 GUNSHOT VICTIM TO BE BURIED SATURDAY P.M. Funeral services for J.W. Rushing, 14, victim of his own gun when it was accidentally discharged while out hunting near Colbert will be conducted Saturday afternoon at 2:30 from Sunnyside Baptist Church by Rev. Crutchfield. Young Rushing, who was alone hunting near the home of his grandfather, made an unsuccessful attempt to reach the house after the wound was inflicted when the gun discharged in some manner and the bullet entered his side. Interment will be at Oakwood Cemetery with Short-Murray directing.  OAKWOOD CEMETERY
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