Mrs. Janie Lou Stirewalt Rushing, age 85 of China Grove passed away on Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at Tucker Hospice House in Kannapolis. Mrs. Rushing was born on April 17, 1937 in Rowan County and was the daughter of the late Arthur Henderson Stirewalt and Thelma Jones Stirewalt. Janie was a 1955 graduate of Landis High School. She was the Halloween Queen at Bostian School and also the Miss Junior Queen in the Kannapolis Merry Christmas Contest. She was a lifelong member of Ebenezer Lutheran Church. Janie worked for 30 years for Concord Telephone Company, and later as a beautician at the Lutheran Home in Salisbury. Her most recent work was with Sams Club in Concord in the Demo Department.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Robert Lee Rushing, and her brother Jack Stirewalt and cousin George Jones. Those left with cherished memories are her son Robert A. “Bobby, Lightning” Rushing, her brother Bill Earl Stirewalt, cousins; Janice Hunt, Larry Jones, Johnsie Wilhoit, Gwyn Brantley and Rita Teal.
Visitation will be on Monday August 15, 2022 at Linn Honeycutt Funeral Home in China Grove from 10:00 till 11:00 with funeral to follow at 11:00 am also at the funeral home with Pastor Don Safrit officiating. Burial will follow at West Lawn Memorial Park.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Ebenezer Lutheran Church, 4914 Old Beatty Ford Road, China Grove, NC 28023.
Online condolences may be made to the family at www.linn-honeycutt.com
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