Funeral services for Rushie Bell Thomas Minnis of Americus, Georgia will be held on Monday, January 27, 2014 at 1:00 at the Big Bethel Baptist Church in Americus, Georgia with Rev. Glen Bryant officiating. Burial will follow at the Eastview Cemetery.
Rushie Bell Thomas Minnis aged 80, affectionately known as “Ms. Coot”, was born on May 5, 1933 in Desoto, Georgia to the late Bell Thomas and Willie Lou Thomas. She worked and retired from the Americus Schools System and Textron Automotive Plant. She was a member of the County Line Baptist Church in Leslie, Georgia. Mrs. Minnis died peacefully on Monday, January 20, 2014 at her home in Americus, Georgia.
“Ms. Coot” is survived and cherished by her children, two sons: Leroy (Alesia) Minnis of Atlanta, Georgia and Joseph (Nancy) Hill, Sr. of Americus, Georgia; three daughters: Diane Minnis, Denise Minnis, and Barbara (Jesse) Carson, all of Americus, Georgia; one brother, Willie L. Thomas, Sr. of Americus, Georgia; three sisters, Adel (Oliver) Jenkins and Rosa Peterson both of Americus, Georgia, and Ardel Harris of Binghamton, New York; one aunt, Rosa Banks of Americus, Georgia; a devoted niece and nephew that she raised as her own, Loretta (Dwight)Tatum and Murray Peterson, and a devoted great grandson, Jhockeen Smith, all of Americus, Georgia; eighteen grandchildren; twenty five great grandchildren and a host of other relatives and devoted friends including Willie James Robertson also survive.