John Walter Bush Jr.

Services will be at 1p.m. on Monday, November 8, 2010 at the Second Baptist Church, 757 East 26th Street, Erie, Pa., for Mr. John Walter Bush, Jr., 83, of Erie, Pa., who departed this life Monday, November 1, 2010 at the home of his daughter in Youngstown after a lengthy illness. Mr. Bush, affectionately known as "Bush" and "Lil Buddy", was born March 11, 1927 in Macon, Mississippi, a son of John W., Sr. and Emma Tate Bush. He had been employed as a machinist with Lord Corporation, retiring in 1995. He attended the Second Baptist Church in Erie, Pa. He enjoyed traveling, baseball, and especially enjoyed being with his family and friends. He leaves to cherish his beloved memory a daughter, Lue Bertha Tate of Youngstown; a son, Tommie Dunlap, Glenwood, Ill.; three sisters, Annette Stewart and Emma Lou Mayberry both of Macon Miss., and Ruby Hampton of Chicago, Ill.; four brothers, L.B. Bush and James Earl Bush both of Macon, Miss., Rufus Bush of Erie, Pa., and Sammie Bush of Chicago, Ill.; a son-in-law, Demetrius Riddle of Youngstown; seven grandchildren, Rodney (Sheila) Tate, Albert C. Tate, Jr., Charity C. (Willie) Tate-Young, Melissa Y. Tate, Kimberly Dunlap, Dyneen (Dwight) Jackson and Tareisha Dunlap; 15 great grandchildren; two great-great grandchildren; and a host of family and friends. Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, the former Corean Weaver, whom he married December 25, 1947 and who passed away April 1, 2007; a son, John W. Bush III; and six brothers, Roosevelt, Robert, Willie Wallace, Harrison, Bennie and Nathaniel. Friends may view from 12 â€" 5 p.m. on Sunday at the L.E. Black, Phillips & Holden Funeral Home, 1951 McGuffey Rd., Youngstown, OH 44505 and from 11 a.m. â€" 1 p.m. Monday at the Second Baptist Church in Erie, Pa.