Chester County Independent

BOBBY BUSH – July 11, 1930 – Aug. 14, 2024

Bobby Randall Bush, 94, of Henderson passed away Wednesday morning Aug. 14, 2024, at his home. Funeral services were 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 17, at Shackelford Funeral Directors – Crook Avenue with Kenny Bush officiating and Billy Smith and Milton Sewell assisting. The family received friends at Crook Avenue from 5-8 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 16, and on Saturday morning prior to the funeral. Burial will be 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 23, at Corinth National Cemetery located on Meigg Street.

He was born July 11, 1930, in Corinth, Miss., the son of the late William Hurley and Grace Wardlow Bush. He graduated from Corinth High School in 1949. He attended Northeast Mississippi Junior College at Booneville, Miss. He was in the National Guard for three years and on active duty from Jan. 1951 until Aug. 1952. He returned to Northeast Mississippi Junior College. On Nov. 7, 1952, he married Betty Richter. While employed at the Mississippi Employment Service, he continued taking classes at Mississippi State and received his B.S., and later, while working in Human Resources in industries in Starkville, he received his Masters and Doctorate at Mississippi State University.

He was a Charter member of the Corinth Civitan and had served as an officer. He coached the Civitan Little League team and was PTA officer. He preached by appointment all his adult life without a college degree in ministry.

They moved to Henderson in 1976 to teach at Freed-Hardeman University in the Business Department for 25 years, teaching human resources, business management, time management, and other courses. He retired in 2001. During this time, he also taught courses for the University of Memphis at its Jackson Campus.

He and Mrs. Bush did missionary work in Belize, Bahamas, Europe, Bermuda, Guyana, Canada, and Brazil, assisting in starting churches in many of these places and did mission work in many of the 50 states. They had made over a dozen trips to the Hawaiian Islands to preach for congregations that did not have a preacher. He taught one summer at International University in Vienna, Austria. He loved to help others and enjoyed traveling and working as a volunteer with the Sojourners at churches, camps, children’s homes, and Christian schools.

He was a member of the Henderson church of Christ, where he had served as a deacon and was on the missionary committee. He served as a deacon at the Foote Street congregation in Corinth before moving to Henderson.

He is survived by his wife, Betty Ann Richter Bush of Henderson; a son, Kenneth ‘Kenny’ Randall (Cathy) Bush of Columbus, Miss.; one daughter, Jennifer Ann (Robert) Fetters of Bay Minette, Ala.; six grandchildren, Chip Fetters, Chris Fetters, Chad Fetters, Curt Fetters, Katie Bush Gaughf and David Bush; and nine great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Linda Bush Hopkins.

– Shackelford Funeral Directors

Kenneth Atkins – May 17, 1965 – Aug. 9, 2024

Kenneth D. Atkins passed away at his home in Saltillo on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, after a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer.
He was born in Orange County, Calif., May 17, 1965.
He enjoyed spending time with his family, fishing, working as a mechanic and working with a volunteer fire department. As you can see from his picture, he loved and smiled from his heart and will be greatly missed.
He is survived by his wife, Carmen Atkins; son, Steven (Andrea) Christian; daughter, Samantha (Tylor) Hanlon; his two granddaughters, Evelyn and Amelia Hanlon; his parents, Richard and Janet Atkins; and his brother, Rick (Shelby) Atkins.