Mr. Johnnie Lee Rushing Sr.

Mr. Johnnie Lee Rushing Sr. passed away Thursday, September 15, 2022. Funeral Services will be held Saturday, September 24, 2022, 11:00 a.m. at Ray Williams Memorial Chapel, 301 N. Howard Avenue, Tampa, FL 33606 with Senior Pastor C. T.  Kirkland of Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church, Officiating. Interment will be held Monday, September 26, 2022, 11:00 a.m. in Florida National Cemetery, 6502 SW 102nd Avenue, Bushnell, FL 33513. MASK RECOMMENDED.

MR. JOHNNIE LEE RUSHING SR. WAS BORN IN FLORIDA, RETIRED, AND HAS BEEN A RESIDENT FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS.  HE GRADUATED FROM JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL, CLASS OF 1982. JOHNNIE JOINED AND SERVED HONORABLY IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AND WAS LAST EMPLOYED IN THE SECURITY INDUSTRY IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA.  

HE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: HIS FATHER, JAMES ALFRED RUSHING SR.; AND HIS TWIN BROTHER, JESSIE LEE RUSHING SR.

 HE LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORIES: HIS DAUGHTER, STACIE GILES; SON, JOHNNIE LEE RUSHING JR.; THREE GRAND-DAUGHTERS, ASHANTE, SHAYLA, AND KEISHA BROOKS; EX-WIFE, TRACY RUSHING-BROOKS; LOVING MOTHER, LIZZIE MAE RUSHING; SISTERS, DEBRA RUSHING-CURRY, AND SHARON RUSHING LAKE (AL); BROTHERS, JOHN RUSHING (BONNIE), AND JAMES ALFRED RUSHING JR. (RONDA); AND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, AUNTS, UNCLES, COUSINS, CLASSMATES, FAMILY, AND FRIENDS.

The visitation will be held from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Friday, September 23, 2022, at Ray Williams Funeral Home, 301 N. Howard Avenue, Tampa, FL 33606.  MASK RECOMMENDED.

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