George Aston Rushing b. 27 Apr 1909 Lueders, Jones, Texas, USA d. 26 Jul 1950 Fredericksburg, Gillespie, Texas, USA: Smith Family Tree

George Aston Rushing

1909 - 1950 (41 years)

Name	George Aston Rushing [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
Birth	27 Apr 1909	Lueders, Jones, Texas, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8]
Gender	Male
Census	1920	Wood County, Texas, USA [7]
	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son
Census	1930	Fannin County, Texas, USA [6]
	Marital Status: Married to Laura; Relation to Head: Head
Census	1940	Stamford, Jones, Texas, USA [2]
	Marital Status: Married to Laura; Relation to Head of House: Head
Military Draft Registration	1940	Stamford, Jones, Texas, USA [8]
	Draft Registration - WWII
Obituary	Jul 1950	Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas, USA [4, 9]
	Obituary of George Rushing • Times Record News • Wichita Falls, Texas • 28 Jul 1950, Fri • Page 7
		Obituary-RUSHING George Funeral service for George Astin Rushing 41, driver of a truck for JE Jackson Jr of Stamford will be held Friday at Kinney and Corley Funeral Chape;. Rushing was killed Wednesday in a highway accident 16 miles north of Fredericksburg during a heavy rainstorm according to information received here. The trailer-truck which he was driving jumped a…
Death	26 Jul 1950	Fredericksburg, Gillespie, Texas, USA [1, 3, 4]
	Cause: Accident - Truck Crash
	His truck jacknifed in heavy rain
Burial	Highland Cemetery, Stamford, Haskell, Texas, USA [1]
Person ID	I26560	A Tree Called Smith
Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

Father	James R 'Jim' Rushing, b. 1 Mar 1870, Pike County, Alabama, USA d. 1 Jun 1952, Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA (Age 82 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Lydia Hastletine Radney, b. 6 Aug 1874, Georgia, USA d. 30 Jul 1952, Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA (Age 77 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	24 Sep 1893	Wood County, Texas, USA [10]
Family ID	F8474	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Laura Beatrice Stroud, b. Abt 1911, Texas, USA

Marriage Bef 1930 [6]

Children

	1. Living
	2. Melba Joyce Rushing, b. 25 Jan 1944, Texas, USA d. 5 Feb 2005, Garland, Dallas, Texas, USA (Age 61 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	3. Pauline Rushing, b. 10 Jan 1936, Jones County, Texas, USA d. 30 May 1997 (Age 61 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	4. Leila Jean Rushing, b. 1 Jan 1934, Stamford, Jones, Texas, USA d. 21 Jul 2007, Kermit, Winkler, Texas, USA (Age 73 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	5. Hellen Joann Rushing, b. 10 Jun 1932, Tuxedo, Jones, Texas, USA d. 14 Feb 2016, Beaver, Beaver, Oklahoma, USA (Age 83 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	6. Living
	7. Virginia Mae Rushing, b. 3 Aug 1930, Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, USA d. 11 May 1997, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA (Age 66 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	8. Floyd J Rushing, b. 5 Oct 1928, Hamilton County, Texas, USA d. 26 Apr 1995, Del Rio, Val Verde, Texas, USA (Age 66 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F11649 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Jul 2025

Family 2	Veda Griffith
Marriage	Abt 1947 [4]
Family ID	F11650	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

Family 3 Lorena Kathrine Yarbrough, b. 1 Nov 1919, Rule, Haskell, Texas, USA d. 6 Jun 1988, San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas, USA (Age 68 years)

Marriage 25 Mar 1947 Haskell County, Texas, USA [5, 11]

Children

1. Johnnie Mack Rushing, b. 16 Jun 1948, Stamford, Haskell, Texas, USA

d. 5 Aug 2020, San Angelo, Tom Green, Texas, USA

(Age 72 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F11651 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Jul 2025

Event Map

	Birth - 27 Apr 1909 - Lueders, Jones, Texas, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son - 1920 - Wood County, Texas, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Married to Laura; Relation to Head: Head - 1930 - Fannin County, Texas, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Married to Laura; Relation to Head of House: Head - 1940 - Stamford, Jones, Texas, USA
	Military Draft Registration - Draft Registration - WWII - 1940 - Stamford, Jones, Texas, USA
	Marriage - 25 Mar 1947 - Haskell County, Texas, USA
	Obituary - Obituary of George Rushing • Times Record News • Wichita Falls, Texas • 28 Jul 1950, Fri • Page 7 - Jul 1950 - Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas, USA
	Death - Cause: Accident - Truck Crash - 26 Jul 1950 - Fredericksburg, Gillespie, Texas, USA

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DNA Matches At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

News

News (Fatality)-RUSHING George (Truck Crash)
Truck jackknifed during a heavy rain shower.

Obituaries

Obituary-RUSHING George
Funeral service for George Astin Rushing 41, driver of a truck for JE Jackson Jr of Stamford will be held Friday at Kinney and Corley Funeral Chape;. Rushing was killed Wednesday in a highway accident 16 miles north of Fredericksburg during a heavy rainstorm according to information received here. The trailer-truck which he was driving jumped a…

People

RUSHING-George A
George Aston Rushing

Vital & Legal Records

Vital_Death-RUSHING George
Texas Death Certificate for George Astin Rushing - Laceration, Cerebral Cortex (Multiple fracture skull - crushing in truck wreck)

Sources

[S5370] Find a Grave: RUSHING George A 1909-1950, George Astin Rushing.
BIRTH: 1909
DEATH: 1950 (aged 40–41)
BURIAL: Highland Cemetery, Stamford, Haskell County, Texas
PLOT: Section 186
MEMORIAL ID: 41329815
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41329815/rush
[S9528] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Stamford, Jones, Texas; Roll: T627_4083; Page: 23A; Enumeration District: 127-6.

1940 United States Federal Census
Year: 1940; Census Place: Stamford, Jones, Texas; Roll: T627_4083; Page: 23A; Enumeration District: 127-6
[S11599] Ancestry.com, Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2013;), Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin Texas.

Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin Texas, USA

[S3063] Newspapers.com: Obituary of George Rushing • Wichita Falls Times Recorder News - Jul 1950, (Name: Times Record News; Location: Wichita Falls TX; Date: 28 Jul 1950;), STAMFORD MAN DIES IN HIGHWAY ACCIDENT.
Funeral service for George Astin Rushing 41, driver of a truck for JE Jackson Jr of Stamford will be held Friday at Kinney and Corley Funeral Chape;.
Rushing was killed Wednesday in a highway accident 16 miles north of Fredericksburg during a heavy rainstorm according to information received here.
The trailer-truck which he was driving jumped a bridge and he was thrown from the truck. He was found a short time later by ja state highway department maintenance crew and was taken to a Fredericksburg hospital by ambulance. He waa pronounced dead upon arrival.
Rushing is survived by his wife, the former Veda Griffith and seven children by a former marriage: Floyd Rushing, Mrs Sylvester McKay. Helen Joann, Leila, Pauline, Bobby, Carl, and Melba Joyce Rushing; a grandson: his parents Mr and Mrs Jim Rushing of Waco; a brother Richard Rushing of Waco; two sisters, Mrs Backie Wade and Mrs Dell Hilliard of Odessa.
• Times Record News • Wichita Falls, Texas • 28 Jul 1950, Fri • Page 7
https://www.newspapers.com/image/775050819/?article=15b3b432-d27a-40c0-bc7a-19eed46c9b2b&focus=0.38528118,0.03652068,0.5024457,0.23555553&xid=3355

[S199] Ancestry.com, Texas, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1817-1965, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2016;).
[S9776] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 8, Fannin, Texas; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0038; FHL microfilm: 2342065.

1930 United States Federal Census
Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 8, Fannin, Texas; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0038; FHL microfilm: 2342065
[S10231] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Justice Precinct 2, Wood, Texas; Roll: T625_1860; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 145.

1920 United States Federal Census
Year: 1920; Census Place: Justice Precinct 2, Wood, Texas; Roll: T625_1860; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 145

[S9506] Ancestry.com, U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), National Archives at St Louis; St Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Texas, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 1311.

U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; WWII Draft Registration Cards for Texas, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 1311

[S4291] Newspapers.com: Obituary of George Rushing • Abilene Reporter-News - Jul 1950, (Name: Abeline Reporter-News; Location: Abeline TX; Date: 27 Apr 1950;), Abilene Reporter-News; Publication Date: 27 Jul 1950; Publication Place: Abilene, Texas https://www.newspapers.com/image/761466366/?article=9c23f14e-8a63-4adb-8850-08aaf3499a05&focus=0.85724884,0.46959254,0.98307014,0.7333438&xid=3355.
[S8356] Find a Grave: RADNEY Lydia Clements 1874-1952, Lydia Hastletine Radney Rushing Clements.
Mrs. Lydia H. Clements, 77, died July 30, 1952 in Austin TX. Services at Compton chapel, burial in Rosemound Cemetery.

Mrs. Clements had lived in Waco until 4 years ago and had been ill for several years.

Survivors : daughters, Mrs. G.C. Payne of Dothan AL, Mrs. Elyira Wade of Odessa TX and Mrs. D.L. Hillyard of Odessa TX; sons, H.O. Rushing of Dothan AL, L.R. Rushing of Waco TX, and J.A. Rushing of Rotan TX; four sisters; four brothers, 21 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126587501/lydia-haseltine-clements
[S5369] Find a Grave: YARBROUGH Lorena Day 1919-1988, Lorena Katherine Yarbrough Rushing Owens Day.
BIRTH: 1 Nov 1919
DEATH: 6 Jun 1988 (aged 68) Tom Green County, Texas
BURIAL: Grape Creek Cemetery, Grape Creek, Tom Green County, Texas
PLOT: Block 4 Lot 222
MEMORIAL ID: 92106078
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92106078/lorena-k.-day

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