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ObituariesApril 10, 1996

Funeral service for Rush Hudson Limbaugh Sr., 635 Sylvan Lane, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Centenary United Methodist Church. Dr. Neil Stein will officiate, with burial in Lorimier Cemetery. Friends may call at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel from 4-8 p.m. today, and Thursday from 10-11:30 a.m...

Funeral service for Rush Hudson Limbaugh Sr., 635 Sylvan Lane, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Centenary United Methodist Church. Dr. Neil Stein will officiate, with burial in Lorimier Cemetery.

Friends may call at Ford and Sons Mt. Auburn Chapel from 4-8 p.m. today, and Thursday from 10-11:30 a.m.

Limbaugh, 104, died Monday, April 8, 1996, at his home.

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He was born Sept. 27, 1891, near Sedgewickville, son of Joseph H. and Susan Presnell Limbaugh. He and Beulah "Bee" Seabaugh were married Aug. 29, 1914, in Cape Girardeau. She died Sept. 2, 1977.

Limbaugh, the oldest practicing attorney in the United States, had practiced law since 1916. He founded the law firm of Limbaugh, Russell, Payne and Howard 50 years ago. He was a member of Centenary Church.

Survivors include two sons, Manley Limbaugh of Chester, Ill., Stephen Limbaugh of St. Louis; 10 grandchildren, and 19 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a son, two daughters, four brothers and three sisters.

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