The Rev. Warren H. Rush, 88, died peacefully, Monday, March 14, 2010.
He was born April 29, 1921 to Alma Farmer and Howard Culver Rush Sr.
He served as a sergeant in the U.S. Army, as a tank driver and machine gunner in Company D, 81st Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Armored Division. He participated in Operation Torch, the British-American invasion of French North Africa in World War II which started Nov. 8, 1942.
He received the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with one bronze service star for the Tunisian Campaign, and the Good Conduct Medal. He earned a BS from the University of Alabama in accounting and a Master of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Seminary, Ft Worth, Texas.
He served as pastor at Bethlehem Baptist Church, Laurel, Miss.; Parkway Baptist Church, Tallahassee, Fla.; a short-term church planter in Montana and Indiana, and seven years as a missionary with the International Mission Board, SBC in the countries of Senegal, Japan and Spain.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife of 66 years, Joanah Hull Rush, seven brothers and one sister.
Survivors include three children, JoAnn (Lester) McCullough, Jacksonville, Fla., Dale (Cherry) Rush, Thomaston, Ga., and Deborah (Freddy) Davis, Tallahassee, Fla.; five grandchildren, Melody Revell, David Rush, John Rush, Philip Rush and Ken Davis; and one great grandson, Logan Revell.
Visitation begins at 11 a.m. with funeral services at noon Saturday, March 20 at Wolfe-BayView Funeral Home in Fairhope. Burial will follow at Montrose Cemetery.
The family requests memorial donations be made to FBC Fairhope for IMB Missions.
Arrangements are by Wolfe-Bayview Funeral Homes & Crematory Inc., Fairhope.
