Tallie Phillips Rushing, age 77, passed away Tuesday morning, May 15, 2018 in Naples, Florida after a lengthy illness. Tallie was born in Jacksonville, Florida where she attended Annie R. Morgan Elementary School, and graduated from Paxon High School. Tallie graduated from the University of Florida in 1962 and soon after married Roger Rushing and began her teaching career back at Annie R. Morgan Elementary School. Tallie loved being back at Annie R. Morgan until she moved to Ocala, Florida in 1964 where she taught school while Roger completed his degree at the University of Florida. In 1966, Tallie and Roger moved to Tallahassee, Florida. She lived and taught elementary school in Tallahassee, with a 2 year respite in Bethesda, Maryland, until 2001 when she moved to Naples, to be near her grandchildren. Tallie is a proud Gator graduate of the University of Florida, and an even prouder elementary school teacher, an avocation to which she happily dedicated her entire working life. Tallie was a loving daughter and sister, a great wife, a never wavering and devoted mother, and the world's best "Nana".
Tallie is unreservedly missed by her husband Roger; her son Timothy ("Tim"); her daughters Kira Rushing Harper and Ashley Rushing; her brother John Phillips; and her five grandchildren. Everyone who knew Tallie for five minutes knows what a genuine and loving person she was. Everyone knows, exactly, that this world has lost someone special.
A visitation will be held on Thursday, May 24, 2018 at Hardage-Giddens Riverside Memorial Park and Funeral Home from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Funeral services will be held on Friday, May 25, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at the funeral home, with a reception and celebration luncheon to follow. Burial will follow at Riverside Memorial Park. Flowers are nice and will be appreciated, but a donation to Cure Alzheimer's Fund (www.curealz.org) might bloom a bit longer.
HARDAGE-GIDDENS RIVERSIDE MEMORIAL PARK AND FUNERAL HOME, 7242 Normandy Boulevard, Jacksonville, Florida 32205, is serving the family.
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