Terry Wayne Rushin, age 67, of Davant Extended Care Facility, Blowing Rock, NC, passed away peacefully on Wednesday Nov. 14, 2012. Born June 18, 1945 in Greensboro, NC, he was a son of the late Ben and Zelma Sexton Rushin.
Terry was a graduate of Walter M. Williams High School in Burlington, NC and UNC Chapel Hill.
Terry made a home in Chickasha, but travelled the world as an oil rig engineer or "roustabout", the more appropriate term as his life was filled with adventures. He suffered a stroke in China which left him totally paralyzed, almost totally mute for the last decade. He nonetheless endured his life with a heroism and humanism that won him the love and respect of his many caregivers and old friends.
He is survived by two brothers; Donald James Rushin and Ben Rushin.
A rememberance will be held at the Davant Extended Care Facility at 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29 and a memorial gathering will be held in Boone, NC in the spring, at a time to be announced. Memorials can be made, with gratitude, to the caregivers who made his last months so much better: Medi-Home Hospice, PO Box 1357, Newland, NC 28657.
Online condolences may be sent to the Rushin family at www.austinandbarnesfuneralhome.com
Austin & Barnes Funeral Home & Crematory is serving the Rushin family.