Edith Isabel Bush Shores loved to tell stories. She lived a storied life. She was born in Paris in 1924. It was a small town in Kentucky. When she was four, her family moved to Norton, Virginia and that is where she spent most of her early years with her two sisters, Carolyn and Lillian,…
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Edith Bush Shores 1924-2015
Edith Isabel Bush Shores, age 91, of Northport, died on December 14th, 2015 at her home. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 17th at Forest Lake United Methodist Church in Tuscaloosa with Rev. Melody Traylor officiating and arrangements by Sunset Brown-Service Funeral Home. Visitation with the family will take…
Into the Hands of God
My mother and I have always been close. My father died 30 years ago, leaving Mom on her own. She sold the farm where they had been living and moved into a two bedroom apartment about an hour from my house. I visited her frequently and she loved seeing her granddaughter. When my daughter was sick,…