Hampton Wade "Hamp" Rush Dies

Hampton Wade "Hamp" Rush, 65, of Sophia, NC, passed Friday, July 29, 2011, at High Point Regional Hospital. Funeral service is scheduled for 11:00 am Monday, August 1, 2011, at Ridge Funeral Home Chapel with Charles Reeder officiating. Burial will follow at Back Creek Friends Meeting Cemetery in Asheboro. Born April 4, 1946 in Randolph County, the son of the late Hal Stanton Rush and Laura Mae Hunt Rush. In addition to his parents, Mr. Rush was preceded in death by his brothers, Carl Rush, Jack Rush and Gene Rush, and his sister, Evelyn McDowell. Survived by his wife, Mildred Rush, of the home; daughter, Sherry Nichols and husband, Roger, of Sophia, NC; sons, Terry Rush, of Sophia, NC, Shaun Rush and wife, Lisa, of Asheboro, NC; grandchildren, Michael Trogdon and Erika Nichols, both of Sophia, NC; half-sister, Doris Dunn, of Asheboro, NC; mother-in-law, Edith Hancock, of the home.