Rush Funeral Home

She was the daughter of the late Ethel Merrell Rymer and Julius Frederick Rymer.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Eugene Harper; her sisters: Charmie Johnson and Luwana Owens; and her brothers: Authur Rymer and Eugene Rymer.  She loved to cook and work in her flower and vegetable gardens. She was a member of the Westwood Baptist Church, where she was very active working with the Children's Department with Dr. Ron Coleman.Survivors include her sisters: Shirlene Nicholson of Lenoir City, Phyllis Morris and her husband, Don, of Alcoa and Glenda Smith and her husband, Doug, of Crane Hill, Ala.; her brother, Garland Rymer and his wife, Doris, of Kennesaw, Ga.; and several nieces and nephews.The Remembrance of Life service will be conducted today, April 28, 2019, at 3 p.m. at the Jim Rush Funeral and Cremation Services North Ocoee Chapel with Rev. Jim Caywood and Dr. Ron Coleman officiating. Interment will follow in the Hilcrest Memorial Gardens with nephews serving as casket bearers.The family will receive friends from 1 to 3 p.m. today at the funeral home. You may share your condolences and your memories with the Harper family at www.jimrushfuneralhomes.com. ...

The family will receive friends on Friday, April 26, 2019 from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Collins-Burke Funeral Home. Funeral services will be Saturday, April 27, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, with burial at Guthrie Cemetery.  Mr. Rush was preceded in death by his mom, Audie Garner Rush; dad, Robert Rush; brothers, Albert Rush, Jack Rush, Henry Lloyd Rush and Wayne Rush; wife, Rhonda Sarajane Rush.He is survived by his daughter, Millie Leighann Owens of Jasper; son, Ronnie Rush of Jasper; sisters, Reathe Alexander and Dorothy Hudson of Carbon Hill; brother, Alfred Rush of Carbon Hill; special friend, Faye Wingo; 7 grandchildren.Pallbearers will be Phillip Wingo, Wayne Wingo, Tommy Atkins, Rayburn Garner, Bobby Garner and Michael Owens.Collins-Burke Funeral Home, Jasper; 205-384-5571 ...

Whipkey, 78, of Brave, Pa., devoted mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away April 21, 2019, at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, due to injuries from an automobile accident.She was born March 25, 1941, in Holbrook, Pa., to the late Leslie J. and Florence (Hunnell) Curfman.Faye lived in Greene County, Pa., her entire life. She married her true love Millard G. Whipkey on March 9, 1958, who passed away on April 27, 1966.Faye was one of the first women to enter the coal mines in the 1970s. She was employed with CONSOL Energy as a shuttle car operator for 22 years at the Blacksville II Mine, where she retired in 2000. Faye was a member of the UMWA Local No. 1702. She was active in the Macedonia Church in Holbrook as a Sunday school teacher and former song leader in the choir. She loved to cook in abundance for her family and tend to her flowers, which she had a gifted green thumb for. Above all else, Faye was a loving mother first.She is survived by her daughters, Kathy McClure and husband, Jeff, Cindy Daughtery and companion, James Hundley and Linda Klein and husband, Glenn; and sons, Larry and wife, Jeannie, Michael and wife, Teresa, Wayne and Daniel; two former daughters-in-law, Stephanie Patterson and Teena Whipkey, whom she loved as daughters; two brothers, Eugene Curfman and Kenneth Curfman; special sister-in-law and longtime best friend, Helen Costello; 18 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews.In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by her sisters, June Phillips, Vivian Tedrow and Delores Fox; and brothers, Donald, Glen, Cecil and Duane Curfman.The family extends their gratitude to the WVU Medicine trauma team and surgical ICU staff, doctors and nurses at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital for their tireless skill and devotion while she was there.Friends may join Faye’s family in honoring her life and legacy at Kesterson-Rush Funeral Home LLC., 3275 W. Roy Furman Highway, Rogersville, Pa., from 2-4 and 6-9 p.m. Thursday. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday,...