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Rush Tankersley

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Rush Tankersley

Birth
Blytheville, Mississippi County, Arkansas, USA
Death
21 Apr 1985 (aged 74)
Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA
Burial
Alexander, Saline County, Arkansas, USA GPS-Latitude: 34.6359888, Longitude: -92.4788515
Plot
Section 5, 104
Memorial ID
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Rush Tankersley, aged 74, of Little Rock, a retired Imperial Laundry Company route-man, died Sunday, April 21, 1985. He was the son of the late James Burgess Tankersley and Mary Ella Swain Tankersley of Blytheville and was a Baptist. He received a Presidential Citation for his work at the atomic bomb works during World War II. Survivors are his wife, Ruth Ross Tankersley; a son James Henry Tankersley of Crossville, TN; two daughters, Patricia Ann Milligan of Corpus Christi, TX and Phillis Kay Cheeseman of Alice, TX; two brothers, Grover C. Tankersley of Little Rock, AR and Rex B. Tankersley of Lakewood, CA; numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Drummond Funeral Home by Rev. Don Lutrick. Burial in Pine Crest Memorial Park.
Rush Tankersley, aged 74, of Little Rock, a retired Imperial Laundry Company route-man, died Sunday, April 21, 1985. He was the son of the late James Burgess Tankersley and Mary Ella Swain Tankersley of Blytheville and was a Baptist. He received a Presidential Citation for his work at the atomic bomb works during World War II. Survivors are his wife, Ruth Ross Tankersley; a son James Henry Tankersley of Crossville, TN; two daughters, Patricia Ann Milligan of Corpus Christi, TX and Phillis Kay Cheeseman of Alice, TX; two brothers, Grover C. Tankersley of Little Rock, AR and Rex B. Tankersley of Lakewood, CA; numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Drummond Funeral Home by Rev. Don Lutrick. Burial in Pine Crest Memorial Park.


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  • Created by: Kay Stacy
  • Added: Jun 28, 2012
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92739364/rush-tankersley: accessed ), memorial page for Rush Tankersley (17 Jun 1910–21 Apr 1985), Find a Grave Memorial ID 92739364, citing Pinecrest Memorial Park and Garden Mausoleum, Alexander, Saline County, Arkansas, USA; Maintained by Kay Stacy (contributor 47283333).