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Nancy Carol Hopkins
Rushing
Nancy Carol
Hopkins Rushing, 84, died on 31 August 2023
in the Huntsville Hospital Hospice Family Care Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
Nancy was
born in Shady Grove, Kentucky, graduated from Crittenden County High School as
valedictorian at the age of 16, and entered the work force as a clerk in the
local Federal Agriculture, Stabilization and Conservation Office. She married Johnny Rushing in 1959 and moved
with him to Huntsville, Alabama in 1965.
After raising her two children to college age, she reentered the work
force as an administrative assistant in the Army Missile School on Redstone
Arsenal and retired in 2021 after being the head administrative assistant of the
Corporate Information Center.
Nancy made
her profession of faith as a young girl in the Blackburn Baptist Church, the
church she grew up in, and where she served as pianist. Whether milking cows, playing the piano,
performing her administrative assistant duties or crocheting hats for premature
babies, Nancy always gave her best and her best was very, very good.
She is survived
by her husband of 63 years, Johnny Rushing, Son, Timothy Rushing, Daughter,
Melinda Arrington (Addam), Grandsons, Carter and Ames Arrington, and
Granddaughter, Faith Bonee.
She is
preceded in death by her parents, Walter and Mable Hopkins, Brothers, Ray, Elmus,
Roy and Bobby Hopkins, and Sisters Velda Hodges, Lula Gostley, and Dora
Stevens.
Visitation
will be at Emmanuel Baptist Church, 1917 Highway 72 West, Athens, Alabama, On 7
September from 10:00 AM to 12:00
PM with funeral to follow.
There will
be a visitation at Gilbert Funeral Home, 117 West Bellview St. , Marion, Kentucky
on 9 September from 1:00
PM to
2:30 PM followed by a graveside
service in the Mexico Baptist Church cemetery, Mexico, Kentucky.
In lieu of
flowers, please make a donation to: Huntsville Hospital Hospice Family Life,
10000 Serenity Ln, SE, Huntsville, Alabama, 35803. https://hhcaringforlife.org
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1 comment
Linda and Roy Arrington
2023-09-04 21:57:29
Our thoughts and prayers are with johnny and his family.
