Marie Jerkins Bush

Marie Jerkins Bush, 84, of Poinciana Place in Milton, Fla., died Tuesday, July 30, 2019, in a Milton nursing facility after an extended illness.

Mrs. Bush was a native and long-time resident of the Range Community before she moved to Milton. A member of the Range Assembly of God Church, she was a homemaker who had retired as a seamstress with Vanity Fair Mills.

The funeral was held at 3 p.m., Monday, August 5, at the Range Assembly of God Church with Bro. Jason Blackwell and Sis. Barbara Green officiating. Burial followed at Range Cemetery with Craver's Funeral Home directing.

Mrs. Bush is survived by one daughter, Loria (Rodney) Morgan of Milton; one brother, Arthur Allen (Sandy) Jerkins of Fultondale, Alabama; two sisters, Dorothy Jernigan of South Carolina and Lilly Helms-Key of Milton; and one grandchild.

Mrs. Bush was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Edward “Tommy” Bush; one daughter, Lynn Marlene Bush; her parents, Arthur and Jennie Lee Jerkins; and one sister, Doris Owens.