NAME: LEAH MAY (RUSHING) BAUMERT, AGE 78, LONGTIME COALGATE RESIDENT. BORN: MAY 7, 1921 AT FRANCES, IN PONTOTOC COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TO JOHN GUY AND ETHEL BRIDGET (MCCARTER) RUSHING. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1999 AT MARY HURLEY HOSPITAL IN COALGATE. OK. AGE: 78 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 12 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT FRANCES, OKLAHOMA AND SHAMROCK, TX. MARRIED: JAMES BUFORD BILLS IN 1936 AT SHAMROCK, TX. CHARLES DONALD BAUMERT ON JUNE 9, 1952 AT RAY, ND. OCCUPATION: LEAH WAS A FLORIST. SHE WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS FOR RICKI'S FLOWERS AND BOSWELL'S FLOWERS IN COALGATE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: COALGATE CHURCH OF CHRIST SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: JOE BILLS AND WIFE KAY OF COALGATE, OK. JOHN BILLS OF COALGATE, OK. BRIDGET PAXTON AND HUSBAND JIMMY OF ANTLERS, OK. BRENDA BROWN AND HUSBAND MAURICE OF COALGATE, OK. 9 GRANDCHILDREN, 14 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND ONE ON THE WAY. SISTER: JANE COWARD OF HOUSTON, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JOHN AND ETHEL RUSHING. FIRST HUSBAND: JAMES B. BILLS ON APRIL 15, 1994. DAUGHTER: JUDY BETH BILLS IN 1961. INFANT BROTHER.

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