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Robert F. "Ben" Bush
contributed by The Hugo Daily News

    Graveside services for Robert F. "Ben" Bush of Hugo will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, 2005, at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Hugo with Rev. Kay Buchanan officiating.
    Mr. Bush died Saturday, March 26, 2005 in Hugo. He was 89.
    Robert F. "Ben" Bush was born on July 9, 1915 in Roxton, Texas, to David Wesley and Maggie Andes (Fuqua) Bush. He married Derotha Ruth Bush on August 28, 1938 in Soper. He had lived in this area for the past 70 years after moving here from Roxton, Texas. He served his country in the U.S. Army. Ben worked as a ferrier in his earlier years. He will truly be missed by all who knew and loved him. He was preceded in death by his wife Derotha, his parents David and Maggie Bush, two brothers, David "Hoss" Bush and Mack Bush, four sisters, Nita Bramlett, Ruth Ellis, Ella Deupree and Nora Thomas.
    He is survived by one son, Charley Bush of Hugo; two daughters, Linda Golden of Hugo and Janice McClintock of San Diego, Calif.; eight grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
    Prater-Lampton-Mills & Coffey Funeral Home.