John Bush, 86, of Hattiesburg, passed away on Tuesday, January 7, 2020, at Forrest General Hospital. Funeral services will be at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 11, 2020, at the Hattiesburg Chapel of Moore Funeral Home with interment in Roseland Park Cemetery to follow.
John was a member of Temple Baptist Church and an avid University of Southern Mississippi sports fan. He thoroughly enjoyed fishing for speckled trout on the coast and also playing golf. He founded South Mississippi Business Machines in 1974 and then went on to found South Mississippi Business Machines in Gulfport in 1981.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Rev. J.P. and Inez Bush and a son, Thomas Allen Bush.
John is survived by his wife of sixty-six years, Nancy Bush of Hattiesburg; two sons, David (Kelly) Bush of Hattiesburg, Johnny (Audry) Bush of Gulfport; a daughter, Pam Bush of Hattiesburg; two brothers, Robert (Susan) Bush of Lake Charles, LA, James (Adelia) Bush of Madison; a sister, Elizabeth (Gerald) Copeland of Weatherford, TX; nine grandchildren, Johnna (Matt) Carter, Lucas Bush, Courtney Bush, Gabriel (Chris) Snodgrass, Zack Hillman, Robert Temple, David Temple, Timothy Sherwood and Brian Sherwood; three great-grandchildren, Ruby Carter, Porter Temple and Addison Snodgrass.
Visitation for John will be from 9:30 a.m. until service time Saturday, January 11, 2020, at the Hattiesburg Chapel of Moore Funeral Home.
