Helen (McFarland) Woolley McManus Rushing

Helen Woolley McManus Rushing, 77, of Woodlawn, died April 16, 1998 at Jefferson Regional Medical Center of Pine Bluff, Arkansas. She was born on August 13, 1920, at Okolona (Clark County), Arkansas. A daughter of the late William Jess McFarland and Mary Elizabeth Ethel Key McFarland. She was a retired licensed practical nurse and a member of Mt. Olivet United Methodist Church at Calmer. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Olen Woolley; her second husband, Horace McManus, and her third husband Neely (Alec) Rushing.

Survivors include six sons, James Woolley, William Paul Woolley, J. L. Woolley, Robert Woolley and David Woolley all of Woodlawn, and Charles Woolley of Sarepta, Louisiana; two daughters, Elizabeth Robertson of Star City, and Sylvia Boyd of Woodlawn; 18 grandchildren. and 14 great-grandchildren.

The funeral will be at 2 pm today at Mount Olivet United Methodist Church with Bros. Johnnie Brewster, Rusy Jones, William Paul Woolley and Charles Woolley officiating. Burial will be in Wesley Chapel Cemetery North of Woodlawn community, Cleveland County, by Buie Funeral Home of Rison in charge of the arrangement.

Source: Cleveland County Herald, 1998