BUSH, Willard C.

Willard Cooper Bush, 50, of Yager died July 10 in a Pikeville hospital after a long period of
declining health.

He was born in Paintsville to the late Andrew and Ellen Cooper Bush.

Survivors include his wife, Hazel Mitchell Bush; two sons, John Bush of Stuart, Fla., and Richard
Bush of Garrett, Ind.; a brother in Paintsville, Arnold Bush, and two grandchildren.

Services were held July 12 in the Yager Church of Christ, with Bennie Blankenship and Mike
Mitchell officiating.

Burial followed in the Mitchell Cemetery at Yager, under the direction of the J.W. Call and Son
Funeral Home of Pikeville.

Paintsville Herald, Wednesday, July 28, 1971