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Carl Lynn Rushing

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Carl Lynn Rushing

Birth
Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas, USA
Death
10 Nov 1967 (aged 8)
Watson Chapel, Jefferson County, Arkansas, USA
Burial
Garnett, Lincoln County, Arkansas, USA GPS-Latitude: 33.8684056, Longitude: -91.8133778
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A truck-train crash at the Good Faith crossing on the Cotton Belt Railraod about 2 miles south of Pine Bluff on Friday morning, claimed the lifes of James Rushing age 32, and his two children, Jeanece Rushing age 10, and Carl Lyn Rushing,age 8, and his Uncle Jack Rushing, age 40.

James Rushing and his two children crossed the R/R tracks to pick his Uncle Jack up, and was about to cross the tracks again when they were hit by the Train. They were on their way to take the children to school and then on their way to work also.

James Rushing and his two children were members of Olive Street Baptist Church of Pine Bluff, Ark.

Carl Lyn Rushing born at Jefferson Hostpial On September 20,1959.The son of Late James Edward Rushing and Lillian Robinson Rushing.

Carl Lyn Rushing was a student at Owen Elementary School, at Watson Chapel.

Survivors was his mother, Lillian Robinson Rushing of Watson Chapel, Grandparents, Havis and Maysel Donaldson Robinson, and William Thomas (Tom) Rushing and Lillian Elizabeth Owen Rushing.

Funeral services for Carl Lyn Rushing, were conducted on Monday morning November 13, 1967, at Olive Street Baptist Church with Rev. Jackie Holt, and Kenneth Wafford.

Burial was in Holly Spring Cemetery, Hwy 54 E, Lincoln County, Star City, AR.

Pallbearers: Dale Milligan, Cecil McBryde, Hugh Carroll, James Pettit, Emment Buffington, and John McCullum
A truck-train crash at the Good Faith crossing on the Cotton Belt Railraod about 2 miles south of Pine Bluff on Friday morning, claimed the lifes of James Rushing age 32, and his two children, Jeanece Rushing age 10, and Carl Lyn Rushing,age 8, and his Uncle Jack Rushing, age 40.

James Rushing and his two children crossed the R/R tracks to pick his Uncle Jack up, and was about to cross the tracks again when they were hit by the Train. They were on their way to take the children to school and then on their way to work also.

James Rushing and his two children were members of Olive Street Baptist Church of Pine Bluff, Ark.

Carl Lyn Rushing born at Jefferson Hostpial On September 20,1959.The son of Late James Edward Rushing and Lillian Robinson Rushing.

Carl Lyn Rushing was a student at Owen Elementary School, at Watson Chapel.

Survivors was his mother, Lillian Robinson Rushing of Watson Chapel, Grandparents, Havis and Maysel Donaldson Robinson, and William Thomas (Tom) Rushing and Lillian Elizabeth Owen Rushing.

Funeral services for Carl Lyn Rushing, were conducted on Monday morning November 13, 1967, at Olive Street Baptist Church with Rev. Jackie Holt, and Kenneth Wafford.

Burial was in Holly Spring Cemetery, Hwy 54 E, Lincoln County, Star City, AR.

Pallbearers: Dale Milligan, Cecil McBryde, Hugh Carroll, James Pettit, Emment Buffington, and John McCullum

Bio by: Linda Newman



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  • Maintained by: Linda Newman
  • Originally Created by: JKB
  • Added: Feb 17, 2008
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24710005/carl_lynn-rushing: accessed ), memorial page for Carl Lynn Rushing (20 Sep 1959–10 Nov 1967), Find a Grave Memorial ID 24710005, citing Holly Springs Cemetery, Garnett, Lincoln County, Arkansas, USA; Maintained by Linda Newman (contributor 47441297).