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1923 Jack 2001

Jack Rufus Rust Sr.

February 3, 1923 — March 25, 2001

ASHEVILLE - JACK R. RUST, SR., 78, OF 135 EDGEWOOD ROAD S. DIED SUNDAY MARCH 25, 2001 AT ST. JOSEPHS HOSPITAL. A NATIVE OF DANVILLE, VA HE HAD LIVED MOST OF HIS LIFE IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY. HE HAD RETIRED FROM BURLINGTON INDUSTRIES AFTER 26 YEARS OF SERVICE AND WAS A WW II NAVY VETERAN. HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE JOHN JOSEPH AND OCIE VIOLA HOLLIFIELD RUST. HE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS SISTER, EDNA McKINNEY. SURVIVING ARE HIS WIFE OF 60 YEARS OF MARRIAGE, MARGARET LOUIS PHELPS RUST OF THE HOME; SONS, CECIL RUST OF WOODRIDGE, VA, JACK RUST, JR. OF ENKA AND RICHARD McMAHAN OF HENDERSONVILLE; DAUGHTERS, MARY RUST MOORE AND PANDORA RUST PENLEY BOTH OF ASHEVILLE, MYRNA RUST OF ENKA, MADELENE RUST CASH OF THE HOME, DEBORAH RUST DEITZ AND LOUISE MACE BOTH OF LEICESTER; NEPHEW JACK McKINNEY OF THE HOME; SISTERS, PAULINE KING AND ANNIE MAE BOWMAN BOTH OF LEICESTER, BROTHER, GEORGE HENRY RUST OF HENDERSONVILLE; 41 GRANDCHILDREN, 43 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND A GREAT GREAT GRANDSON. FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT 11:00 A.M. WEDNESDAY AT ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL WITH REV. C.J. DUVALL AND REV. JAMES WHITTED OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN CORINTH BAPTIST CHURCH CEMETERY WITH FULL MILITARY GRAVESIDE RITES CONDUCTED BY THE BUNCOMBE COUNTY VETERANS COUNCIL MEMORIAL TEAM. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS 7 TO 9:00 P.M. TUESDAY AT THE FUNERAL HOME AND AT OTHER TIMES WILL BE AT THE HOME OF ANNIE BOWMAN, 9 BOWMAN DRIVE, LEICESTER. TO REGISTER ONLINE PLEASE GO TO FUNERAL SCHEDULE www.andersrice.com.

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