| Graduation Year | Class of 1966 |
| Date of Birth | Oct 24, 1948 |
| Date of Passing | Jan 30, 2022 |
| About | Carol Nan Bobo Rushing, 73, passed away on January 30, 2022 at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, MS. Nan, as she was known throughout her life, was born in Detroit, MI but lived most of her formative years in Columbus, MS. She was a graduate of Stephen D. Lee High School in Columbus and earned her undergraduate and Master’s degrees from Mississippi State University. She was a Christian and an active member of the Dorcas Sunday School Class at First Baptist Church in Starkville, MS. She was an Army wife who accompanied her husband around the world serving as much as he did. She served as president of the Officers Wives Clubs in Bamberg, Germany and Fort Benning, Georgia. She taught GED classes to help soldiers and dependants earn their high school diplomas during their Army service. She taught Business Education at East Mississippi Community College and at Leeward Community College, Honolulu, Hawaii. After her husband’s active service, Nan accompanied him to other foreign locations as he worked as a civilian contractor. She spent a total of 10 years in Saudi Arabia. Nan was a caring and giving person who always found a way to help others. While in Saudi Arabia, she knitted stocking caps and scarves to be distributed in Appalachia, helped organize shipments of relief supplies for earthquake victims in Nepal, and assisted in the accumulation of school supplies for children in a Philippine orphanage. She had a special passion for childhood literacy and she put that passion in action through the Kiwanis Club of Starkville book drives and book distribution programs. Never one looking for personal recognition, many of her efforts went unnoticed except by those she helped. She was preceded in death by her parents Roy G. Bobo and Zula Holliman Bobo, and by an infant brother Richard Harvey Bobo. Nan is survived by her husband, Laroy Rushing of Starkville, MS; daughters, Bonnie Boatwright (David) of Columbus, Indiana, and Shelly Bretheim (Dave) of Ridgeland, MS; sister, Ellen Hudson of Philadelphia, MS; grandchildren Thomas and Brennan Boatwright, and Natalie and Danielle Bretheim; 10 nephews, 2 nieces, and numerous grandnieces, grandnephews and other loving family and friends. The burial will be in the Mississippi Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Newton, MS. |
