CAMDEN - Funeral service for Bobby Lee Rush, Sr., 79, will be held Saturday at 11:00 a.m. at First Baptist Church with burial to follow in Forest Lawn memorial park. The family will receive friends Friday 6-8 p.m. at Powers Funeral Home, Lugoff. Memorials may be made to American Legion Post 17 or Parkinson’s Association Chapter of the Carolina’s. Mr. Rush died Wednesday, September 19, 2007. Born in Westville, he was a son of the late Grover C. and Bertha Owens Rush. He served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. He retired from the United States Postal Service where he worked for 37 years. Mr. Rush was a member of the American Legion Post 17 and was a Mason. He coached little league baseball, basketball, and football for many years and was a recipient of the Percy Mays Award. He was a former member of the Camden High Steppers and enjoyed fishing and poetry. He was a member of First Baptist Church and formerly taught Sunday School at the Karesh Wing. Surviving are his wife of 56 years, Dixie S. Rush; son, Bobby Lee Rush, Jr. and his wife, Jennie of Columbia; daughter, Pam Lovett and her husband, Bobby of Bethune; brothers and sisters-in-law, Max and Edith Rush and James and Inez Rush, all of Camden; sister, Sara Buxton of Camden; grandchildren, Scott Rush, Brittany Rush, Jeff Lovett and his wife, Patricia, Paige Evans and her husband, Eddie and Tori Smith and her husband, Vincent; and great-grandchildren, Jessica Lovett, Heather Lovett, Chad Smith, and Josh Smith. He was predeceased by brothers, G.C. Rush, William Rush, Edward Rush, and Danny Rush; and a sister, Elizabeth Owens.