SHALLOTTE — Robert L. Tush, 74, passed away Monday, April 9, 2018, at Lower Cape Fear Hospice & LifeCare Center, Wilmington.
He was born Oct. 12, 1943, in Ayer, Mass., the son of the late Henry Tush and Helen Rotriga Tush.
Mr. Tush was a captain of the Belmond County Sheriff’s Department for over 20 years. He was a past master of the Masonic Lodge in Barnesville, Ohio, and a member of the Honda Gold Wings Road Riders Association. Robert loved to fly his amateur model airplanes. He was a member of the Shallotte Moose Lodge 710 and the BPO Elks Club in Shallotte.
Surviving are his life partner, Mary Lou Mills; two sons, James Christian Tush, and his wife, Amy, and Derek James Tush; daughter, Paula Jarvis; sister-in-law, Patricia Dickson of Saint Albans, W.Va., and Sunset Beach; and three grandchildren, Derek Tush, Timmy Stanley and Anastasia Allman.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, April 12, at White Funeral and Cremation Service Shallotte Chapel with the Rev. Bill Sirginson officiating. Burial will follow in Brunswick Memorial Gardens. The family will receive family and friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
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