Faye Rush

BERNIE, Mo. -- Winnia Faye Rush, 63, of Bernie died Thursday, Jan. 16, 2003, at Missouri Southern Healthcare in Dexter, Mo.

She was born Jan. 2, 1940, in Winston County, Ala., daughter of William Travis and Laveda Sewell Garrison. She and John Rush were married June 30, 1956, at Kennett, Mo.

Survivors include her husband; four sons, Marty Rush of Austell, Ga., David Rush of Kennett, Travis and Benjamin Rush of Poplar Bluff, Mo.; seven daughters, Paula Collier of Dexter, Joanne Coblentz of Sarasota, Fla., Treca Rush of South Point, Ohio, Johnetta Garbiso of Walsenburg, Colo., Wanda Matthews of Bernie, Sandi Podskoc of Warner Robins, Ga., and Beckie Collier of Sikeston, Mo.

Also surviving are four brothers, Crant Garrison of Lithia Springs, Ga., Cecil, Jimmy, Roger and Eddie Garrison, all of Douglasville, Ga.; a sister, Nancy Chapman of state of Alabama; 21 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, a son and a great-grandson.

Friends may call at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie after 10 a.m. Sunday.

The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, with the Rev. Earnest Puckett officiating. Burial will be in Smith-Stevenson Cemetery.