Vernon was the youngest child of Charles Edward Bush Sr,
famed boat builder of Crittenden, Va., and Armenia Hillyer
Bush. He was said to be one of the best dressed men in the
area. He was a war-time graduate of the Merchant Marine
Academy in New York and served aboard numerous merchant
ships thru-out WWII. After the war, he returned to Ford
Motor Company's Norfolk Assembly Plant, where he worked as
a Stationary Engineer
until retirement. He was married to Rachael Hill and had
three children. After her death in 1968, he returned to
Eclipse to live with his older sister Eunice, in the house
of their older brother, Ed (Charles Edward Bush Jr)There
he lived until the morning of July 4th, 1973 and was found
sitting peacefully in a kitchen chair where he had passed
away.
famed boat builder of Crittenden, Va., and Armenia Hillyer
Bush. He was said to be one of the best dressed men in the
area. He was a war-time graduate of the Merchant Marine
Academy in New York and served aboard numerous merchant
ships thru-out WWII. After the war, he returned to Ford
Motor Company's Norfolk Assembly Plant, where he worked as
a Stationary Engineer
until retirement. He was married to Rachael Hill and had
three children. After her death in 1968, he returned to
Eclipse to live with his older sister Eunice, in the house
of their older brother, Ed (Charles Edward Bush Jr)There
he lived until the morning of July 4th, 1973 and was found
sitting peacefully in a kitchen chair where he had passed
away.
Vernon was the youngest child of Charles Edward Bush Sr,
famed boat builder of Crittenden, Va., and Armenia Hillyer
Bush. He was said to be one of the best dressed men in the
area. He was a war-time graduate of the Merchant Marine
Academy in New York and served aboard numerous merchant
ships thru-out WWII. After the war, he returned to Ford
Motor Company's Norfolk Assembly Plant, where he worked as
a Stationary Engineer
until retirement. He was married to Rachael Hill and had
three children. After her death in 1968, he returned to
Eclipse to live with his older sister Eunice, in the house
of their older brother, Ed (Charles Edward Bush Jr)There
he lived until the morning of July 4th, 1973 and was found
sitting peacefully in a kitchen chair where he had passed
away.
famed boat builder of Crittenden, Va., and Armenia Hillyer
Bush. He was said to be one of the best dressed men in the
area. He was a war-time graduate of the Merchant Marine
Academy in New York and served aboard numerous merchant
ships thru-out WWII. After the war, he returned to Ford
Motor Company's Norfolk Assembly Plant, where he worked as
a Stationary Engineer
until retirement. He was married to Rachael Hill and had
three children. After her death in 1968, he returned to
Eclipse to live with his older sister Eunice, in the house
of their older brother, Ed (Charles Edward Bush Jr)There
he lived until the morning of July 4th, 1973 and was found
sitting peacefully in a kitchen chair where he had passed
away.
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