Geneva "Sis" Edmonds Rush - Age 81 - of Guntersville, passed away on Monday, July 4, 2011 at Wesley Wood Center in Atlanta, Georgia.  Service for Mrs. Rush will be Thursday, July 7, 2011 at 2 pm at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church with Bro. Don Ryan officiating and Carr Funeral Home Directing.  The body will lie in state at the church from 1 until service time at 2 pm.  Interment will be in Mt. Carmel Cemetery.  Visitation for Mrs. Rush will be Wednesday, July 6, 2011 from 6 until 8 pm at Carr Funeral Home. 

Geneva "Sis" Edmonds Rush was born in the state of Alabama, August 3, 1929; the daughter of Cleveland and Geneva Walls Edmonds.

Mrs. Rush is survived by her husband of 65 years, Sharp Rush, of Gunterssville; 2 Daughters: Wanda Watson and her husband, Lee, of Atlanta and Louise Williams and her husband, John, of Huntsville; 5 Grandchildren: Christina Frye and her husband, Darren, Kimberly Schauff, Jennifer Jones and her husband, Ronald, Julie Waldrep and her husband, Scottie, and Jonathan Williams and his wife, Candi; 10 Great-Grandchildren: Tiffany, Ashley, Cody, Emma, Brenden, Ethan, Micholas, Kaylee, Georgia, and Aiden.  Mrs. Rush was preceded in death by her parents, Cleveland and Geneva Edmonds; 3 Brothers: Rudolph Edmonds, Cleveland Edmonds, and Charles Edmonds; and 3 sisters: Viva Hancock, Polly Dearmond, and Vera Holly.