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EDNA BUSH Obituary


Edna Gail Bush  
Sunrise Sunset  March 23, 1949 January 18, 2018   Edna "Gail" Bush, a resident of Rockville Maryland, was the first surviving child of Deacon Abner and Victoria Medlock Bush. She completed her B.S. degree at the State University of New York at Cortland in 1973. Years later she earned her Master's in Health Services Management at the New School for Social Research in New York City.Gail was married to Willie H. Little Jr. from 1971 to 1983, they adopted their daughter, Stacey Jenette Bush-Little in 1975, who pre-deceased her.Gail was employed with former Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities of the state of New York for 34 years, retiring in 2004 from the state's Regional Office as a grade 25 Contract Specialist.Gail loved to write poems, lyrics and family history stories. She wrote A Lifetime of Lyrics and Poems, Last Days with Our Father, and A Grandmother's Prayer for her family. In 2017, with co-author Natonne E. Kemp, Gail published There Is Something About Edgefield, Shining a Light on the Black Community through History, Genealogy and Genetic DNA, in honor and loving memory of their parents.Gail is survived by her sister, Brenda W. Bush-Bell, brothers, Abner Calvin Bush and Victor L. Bush; nephews, Abner Amarr Bush, Aaron W. Bush, and Anthony B. Bush; nieces, Nyja N. Bush Stringer, Vanessa M. Bush, Sierra A. Bush; grand-niece, Alijha A. Bush and grand-nephews, Alexander "Xander" Abner Stringer, Aaron W. Bush Jr.; sisters-in-law, Sheila Jones Bush and Rosamond Mason Summers. Sister friends: Evelyn Lomax Moore, Irma Morris, Kathy Kenny, Mary Baker Brown, and Louise Fickens. Co-author and Rocky Pond Press business partner Natonne Elaine Kemp, and friend Robert N. Pickney. A memorial and private interment are planned for a future date.

Published by The Washington Post on Jan. 26, 2018.
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One thing l have desired of the LORD, That will l seek: That l may dwell in the house of the LORD All the days of my life, ... Psalm 27:4
Missing, missing you Gail! Prayers to Brenda and family, friends during this grieving season! Love Gail's former neighbor!

Vincent/Paulette Francis

February 14, 2018

Cousin Gail, You will truly be missed by many, you branched out and found so many family member we never knew we had and we thank you. Thank you for this book of information. We will continue to finish your work. Brenda, Calvin and Victor , If you need anything please let us know. We are all right here together

Denise Brown-Sampson

Family

February 13, 2018

Gail,You Will Truly Be Missed,I Cannot Imagine The Ancestry Group Without You! We Will Always Love And Remember YOU.FAREWELL MY LOVE,FLY HIGH!

Ernestine Hawkins

February 1, 2018

Brenda, Gail was a very special person, smart, kind, and determined. I am sadden to hear she is gone way too soon!

JoAnn Blue

January 31, 2018

Cousin Brenda, God bless you for being with Cousin Gail through it all. I am deeply saddened and will carry out my days with thoughts of her kindness and sincerity. May she rest in eternal peace.

Vincent Sheppard

January 30, 2018

To the family of Edna Gail Bush you have my deep condolences and prayers!

Bernice Bennett

Acquaintance

January 30, 2018

It is a new day and it is a sad day but also filled with happy tears! I did have the chance to have travel on the road with cousin Gail to gather our family heritage in Edgefield S.C. What an exciting family historian road trip! Also Granteville S.C. where many of our family foundation rest in peace! The knowledge from Gail is a everlasting family gift!

Sam Grant

January 27, 2018

Family,
It grieved our hearts to hear about the passing of Gail. Please let us know if there is anything we can do. We are here for you. Love, Horace and Velma

Horace Bush

January 27, 2018

Ricko Telaturey

January 26, 2018

Brenda
My sympathy and prayers are offered to you and your family. May you find comfort in your precious memories of Gail.
Brenda Senter

January 26, 2018

To the Bush Family
I am so sorry for your Loss. May your fond memories of the life she lived and shared with you be remembered in this time of need.

Deborah Key

January 26, 2018

Sending my sincere condolences to the family. May the God of comfort give you strength and peace during this difficult time. -Psalm 29:11

January 26, 2018

To family and friends of MS Bush find comfort in knowing that GoD will heal your broken hearts as you mourn the loss of your loved one. PSALM 147 vs 3.

January 26, 2018

So very sorry to hear this sad news. What a blessing that she was able to complete her book.

LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson

January 26, 2018

Every family has that one family member who carries on the family tradition and history. Gail was such a person not only for the Bush Family, but also the Medlock family of which we both are descendants. She will be sorely missed, not only for her wealth of knowledge, but her every loving and giving personality. I shall greatly miss our weekly phone calls that allowed us to catch up on her latest discovery of familial history she had discovered that week! My heartfelt condolences to the Bush Family. You are in my thoughts and prayers. God speed to Gail as you journey to meet the many ancestors you have written about!

Ernest Grant

January 26, 2018

My heartfelt prayers go out to the Bush family. Gail was such a lovely person. God plucks the best for that heavenly garden to keep them from withering away on earth. Gail is now in full bloom.

Tamara Gilmore-Spruill

January 25, 2018

I did not have the opportunity to meet Gail personally although we had spoken on the telephone. I join Mr. Miles in lavishing praises on her for her gift of writing and legacy to the African American community. We cannot undervalue her contribution in giving us a special place in the community of Edgefield, South Carolina because her enlightenment of our ancestors. We could have been destined to go down in history without so much as a single remembrance of who they were and what they accomplished in life of struggles and oppression. She is one of the many who have raised our knowledge to give their lives meaning and, in so doing, giving us meaning to accomplish more. We thank Gail for her earthly journey with us.

Sameera V. Thurmond

January 25, 2018

What a blessing she has been to the genealogical community and I am sure to the many she has personally touched! We just made heads and tails out of how she was kin to my cousin and working on a second connection! She will be missed. My heartfelt condolences to the entire family.

Edgefield Miles

January 24, 2018

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