Mr. Truman E. Rushing, age 71, passed away on Saturday, December 29, 2012.  He was born on Monday, March 17, 1941 in the Forest Hill community of Wood County. 

Truman was a watermelon farmer, cowboy, truck driver, welder, dozer operator, cattleman and a member of Pine Street Baptist Church in Winnsboro.  He was truly one of a kind and "Pa" will be sorely missed by his grandkids.  He married Betty Carolyn Jarred on October 19, 1963, at the Shady Grove Church.

He is survived by a son, Gary Rushing and wife Colleen, of Longview; daughters Gina Rushing of Greenville, Tina Rushing of Longview, and four grandchildren, Hayden Rushing, Taylor Rushing, Avery Waits and Emma Rushing.