"Frank was exceptionally strong and had quick hands and feet. As a result, he took up boxing while in the Army during WWII. In the 1950s, Frank took his reluctant mother, Georgia Anna Rushing, to the East Baton Rouge Parish Courthouse and had his name changed from Benjamin Franklin Rushing to Frank Ben Rushing, the name which he had been using his entire life. A few years later he moved to Sulphur, Louisiana, where he had a street named after him, Rushing Road. He died of brain cancer."
"Frank was exceptionally strong and had quick hands and feet. As a result, he took up boxing while in the Army during WWII. In the 1950s, Frank took his reluctant mother, Georgia Anna Rushing, to the East Baton Rouge Parish Courthouse and had his name changed from Benjamin Franklin Rushing to Frank Ben Rushing, the name which he had been using his entire life. A few years later he moved to Sulphur, Louisiana, where he had a street named after him, Rushing Road. He died of brain cancer."
Family Members
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William Alvie "Willie" Rushing
1903–1928
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Curtis Quitman Rushing
1905–1971
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Janey Oreda Rushing Dixon
1907–1997
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Myrtis May Rushing Laird
1908–1998
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Elem Howard Rushing
1910–1985
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Idell Rushing Blunt
1911–2003
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Claude Rushing
1914–1995
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Cleo Rushing Lewis
1914–2016
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Richard Rushing
1916–2000
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Mozie Lee Rushing Fauver
1919–2013
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Infant Son Rushing
1923–1923
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