Joseph "Joe" W. Bush

Funeral services for Joseph “Joe” Bush, 75, of Sulphur will be held Saturday, July 24 at Robison Funeral Home Chapel at 2 p.m. with the Rev. W.T. Darnell officiating. Burial will follow in Mimosa Pines Cemetery, Carlyss.

Visitation will begin Friday, July 23 from 4 p.m. - 9 p.m. and resume on Saturday from 8 a.m. until the time of service.

Mr. Bush died on Wednesday, July 21, 2010, in Sulphur surrounded by his loving family.

He married Melba Knippers on May 1, 1955, in DeQuincy and was a member of Calvary Baptist Church of Sulphur. He served his country in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War where he was an Airman First Class, Fire Fighter and Rescue. He was honorably discharged in 1956. He worked at Firestone Tire and Rubber Plant in Sulphur and later owned and operated Hollywood Conoco, Bush’s Wrecker Service and Bush’s Conoco and Tune Up. Mr. Bush was active in the recreation department of Maplewood, coaching boys’ baseball and basketball from 1964-1994, receiving recognition in 2000 with an honorary position on the Wall of Honor at SPAR in Sulphur. He loved to hunt, fish, watch grandchildren and great-grandchildren play sports and watch his Dallas Cowboys and Atlanta Braves on TV. Family was his life and spending as much time as possible with them was his passion.

He was preceded in death by his parents, James and Bessie Bush, and sister, Barbara Ann Bush.

Mr. Bush is survived by his loving wife of 55 years, Melba Bush of Sulphur; son, Randall Wayne Bush and wife, Connie, of Sulphur; daughter, Pamela Bush White and husband, Steve, of Sulphur; grandchildren, Ethan James Bush and wife, Allison, of Baton Rouge; Hayley Bush Little and husband, David, of Trophy Club, Texas; Keri White Leger of Sulphur; and Whitney White of Sulphur; great-grandchildren, Keighly Paige Leger, Kolby Scott Leger, Jackson David Little, Ethan James Bush Jr., and William “Will” Roy Little, who is coming soon; and two sisters, Shirley B. Andrepont of Sulphur and Bonnie Algire (Richard) of Saginaw, Texas.

Carrying Mr. Bush to his final resting place will be pallbearers: David and Stoney Cotton, Mike Consunado, Tim and Mike Karbowski and Stuart Pelt.