H. Ray Bush

H. Ray Bush, 86, of Makanda, died Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, at Manor Court in Carbondale.

He was born on June 14, 1934, in Bloomington, the son of Clyde Harold and Dorothy Mary Jackson Bush.  

He married Margaret “Maggie” Rich on Sept. 2, 1955.

Mr. Bush retired from Murphysboro High School after 25 years of teaching. However, after retirement he found himself teaching another nine years at John A. Logan College. 

 He was a part of the Little Egypt Barber Shop Quartet and enjoyed singing with them for over 20 years. He also was a garden enthusiast. He was a member of Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church and American Legion Post No. 127 in Murphysboro. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War.

He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Margaret; daughter Christine Bass and husband, Michael; grandson Kristopher Bass and wife, Rebekah, and their son, Aiden; grandson Jackson Bass and wife, Anne, and their daughter, Rae; grandson Jeremiah Bass and wife, Casie; daughter Linda Crain and husband, Terry; grandson Mitch Murphy and wife, Erica, and their children, Liam, Elliot and Augustus; granddaughter Michelle McNemar and husband, Sean, and their children, Julianne and Declan.

He was preceded in death by his father, Clyde Bush; mother, Dorothy O’Farrell; and stepfather, John O’Farrell.

Services will be private.  Interment will take place in the Mound City National Cemetery with full military rites.

Memorials can be made to the Alzheimer’s Association and can be mailed to the funeral home at 135 W. Vienna St., Anna, Ill. 62906.

Crain Funeral Home in Anna-Jonesboro is in charge of arrangements.

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