Johnnie Ford Rushing, age 91, passed away Saturday morning, February 17, 2018, at her home in Batesville, MS. She is the widow of the late Bernard Rushing.
Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, February 20, 2018, in the Martin Willingham Memorial Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with interment to follow in Magnolia Cemetery in Batesville, MS. The family will be receiving friends prior to the service at 1:00 P.M. Dr. Tommy Snyder will be officiating the service.
Johnnie was born November 13, 1926 in Neshoba County, MS to the late William Marshall and Mary Lespa Griffin Ford. She was the former owner of Rushing Hardware Store in Lambert, MS and a faithful member of the First Baptist Church in Batesville, MS.
Her loving memory will be cherished by her son, Robert Bernard Rushing of Batesville, MS.
Other than her husband and parents, Ms. Rushing was preceded in death by her two sisters, Bonnie Matthews of Marks, MS, Elaine Angeletti of Memphis, TN; one brother, William B. Ford of Greenville, MS.