Mr. Rufus E. Edrington, 76, passed away Wed. May 17,2006 at the Specialty Select Hospital in Evansville

He was born near Winslow, IN to Iva Edrington and Cordia Brewster Edrington on May 18,1929.

 

He was a Korean War Army Veteran and retired from Hansen Manufacturing in Princeton, IN as a General Foreman. He was a member of the McCullough Grove General Baptist Church and the Oakland City American Legion Post # 256. 

He is survived by his wife, Doris (Bruce), 2 sons; Mark Edrington of Huntingburg, IN, and Rusty Edrington of Oakland City; brother, Charles Edrington of Oakland City, 6 grandchildren, Ryan, Russell, Brittany, Jeremy, Derek, and Amber; 5 great grandchildren, Allison, Mathew, Elizabeth, Tyler and Cody. 

Also surviving are special extended family; Aaron Reynolds, Tyler Richeson, and Christy Lewis. 

He was preceded in death by one grandson, Jason Edrington, in 1998 and his parents. 

Funeral Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Corn-Colvin Funeral Home in Oakland City with burial in the Montgomery Cemetery. American Legion Post # 256 will provide military honors. 

Friends may call from 4 until 8 p.m. Friday and from 8 a.m. until service time Saturday at the Corn-Colvin Funeral Home.