Clarcie Bush

Graveside services and interment for Clarcie Edith Flatt Spivey Bush, age 97 will be held Wednesday November 21st at 11:00 a.m. at Crest Lawn Memorial Cemetery. Bro. Buddy Johnson will officiate. Her family will receive friends immediately following the service at the cemetery. Mrs. Bush died Sunday November 18, 2018 at Cookeville Regional Medical Center. She was born April 19, 1921 in Jackson County, TN to the late Walter and Daisy Dixon Flatt and was a graduate of Jackson County High School where she played basketball. Her love of sports continued through her life--she was an accomplished bowler and won first place in speed walking in the Tennessee Senior Olympics. She also enjoyed watching sports and was an avid fan of the Atlanta Braves. Clarcie served as director of the Cookeville Senior Citizens Center for 41 years. She was a Christian and has been a member of Jefferson Ave. Church of Christ since moving to Cookeville in 1965. She loved to play cards, travel, and will be fondly remembered for her selflessness, fun and fiesty nature. She was strong and loving and a true example of how we should live our lives. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by husbands, James "Tab" Spivey and Douglas Bush; son, Rick Scott Spivey; sisters, Susie Manwaring, Dezza Flatt, Allie Bass, Ruby Walker Billingsley and Winnie Williford; brothers, Garland Flatt and Cowan "Jargo" Flatt; and son-in-law, Jack Scott. She is survived by daughter, Jane Scott and granddaughter, Jamie and husband Micah Allison Memorial donations are suggested and may be made to Happy Haven Children's Home 2311 Wakefield Drive, Cookeville, TN 38501 and/or Jefferson Ave. Church of Christ, 521 S. Jefferson Ave., Cookeville, TN 38501. Hooper Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. (931)526-6111. Share memories and condolences at www.hhhfunerals.com.