Husband: Okey Lee Bush
Born: Sep-23-1896 in Gilmer Co, WV 1,2 Died: Jun-16-1952 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 3 Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 1,4 Resided: in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 1 Census: 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1920 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Occupation: carpenter, former employee of State Road Commission 1 Occupation: 1920 driving team for Smith Preston 5 Father: Freeman Marion Bush (1857 - ) Mother: Hilah Jane Stewart (1866 - )
Wife: Okla Alda Bee 6
Also known as: Alda Bee 7,8
Married: Jun- 8-1919 in Ritchie Co, WV 2,8
Born: Feb-17-1900 in West Virginia 9
Died: Apr-30-1953 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 9
Buried: in Pine Grove Cemetery, Berea (Co Rd 7-26), Ritchie Co, WV 9,4
Resided: in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 10,8
Census: 1930 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1920 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV
Father: Edward John Bee (1869 - 1942)
Mother: Arminda Calhoun (1868 - 1950)
F Child 1: Elma Ilene Bush Born: Mar-30-1921 at Summers, Doddridge Co, WV 11,12,2,13 Died: Dec- 5-2007 11,13 Resided: in Akron, Summit Co, OH 14,15 Resided: 1952, 1961 in Pineville, Wyoming Co, WV 16,12 Resided: 1943 in Ritchie Co, WV 2 Occupation: teacher 13 Husband: John Gifford Hayhurst b. ca 1916 Married: Jan- 2-1943 in Ritchie Co, WV 17 Husband: Glen Carl Spurgeon b. May-19-1922 d. May- 3-2009 Census name: Carl Spurgeon Married: Aug-19-1961 in Pineville, Wyoming Co, WV 12
M Child 2: Dallace Kline Bush Also known as: D. Kline Bush 16 Born: May- 7-1922 in Summers, Doddridge Co, WV 1,11 Died: Jul-24-1998 in Arizona 1,11 Resided: in Sun Lakes, Maricopa Co, AZ 1 Resided: 1952 in Seattle, King Co, WA 16 Resided: originally in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 1 Wife: Joan Peterson
F Child 3: Edna Marceline Bush Born: Feb-21-1924 18 (see note 1) Died: Jan-17-2011 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 19 Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 1 Resided: in Sunnyside (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV 1 Resided: 1952, 98 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 16,15 Resided: 1947 in Auburn, Doddridge Co, WV 18 Husband: Charles Junior Spurgeon b. Feb-17-1921 d. Mar- 1-2002 Married: Jun-21-1947 in West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 18
M Child 4: Marion Lee Bush Born: Nov- 2-1925 in Ritchie Co, WV 20,11 Died: Oct-15-1965 21 Resided: 1952 in Dunbar, Kanawha Co, WV 16 Resided: 1946 in Ritchie Co, WV 20,14 Wife: Delight Marie Marstiller b. Jan-30-1925 Married: Jul-27-1946 in Ritchie Co, WV 20
Sources: (1) Obituary. (2) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998) (3) Obituary - Hospital. (4) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (5) 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District). (6) Obituary of son. (7) 1910 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District). (8) Obituary of husband. (9) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. (10) Obituary of mother. (11) Social Security Death Index. (12) Wyoming County Marriage Records, Pineville, WV. (13) Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (online), Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health. (14) Social Security Death Index, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. (15) Obituary of brother. (16) Obituary of father. (17) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1916-1945, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Sep 1998), Identified as John Gifford Hayhurst, divorced, 26, of Calhoun Co, son of John & Cessie Stevens Hayhurst; and Elma Ilene Bush, 21, b. Doddridge Co, res. Ritchie Co, dau of Okey L. & Alda. Married Jan 2 1943. (18) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV. (19) Obituary - Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital. (20) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1945-1970, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (Dec 2003) (21) Social Security Death Index, Name listed in SSDI as M. L. Bush. Event Notes Note (1) Birthplace given as Doddridge County in marriage record, but obituary gives it as Auburn, Ritchie County.