Marie Rush in the 1940 Census

This snapshot of Marie Rush's life was captured by the 1940 U.S. Census.
When Marie Rush was born about 1926, her father, Willie, was 25, and her mother, Maudey, was 21. In 1940, she was 14 years old and lived in North Bend, Mississippi, with her father, mother, 5 brothers, and 4 sisters.