Cornelia Wendell Bush, the aunt of Christopher Bush, a University student who died in October, wrote this message about her nephew:
Christopher David Bush (Oct. 22, 1987- Oct. 3, 2010) was the only child of David MacRae Bush and the late Deanna (Buffo) Bush.
He was our miracle baby.
When the doctors determined that his was a high-risk pregnancy, his mother did everything she could to ensure his safe birth, and he joined our family a little earlier than full-term, with much joy at his and his mother’s survival.
Born in Arizona, he moved with his father to Louisiana at the age of 5, following the death of our dear Deanna due to breast cancer.
There, Chris lived with his grandmother, Ann (McReynolds) Bush, who along with his father David enjoyed raising him in the Covington-Mandeville community.
He made many good friends there and was an honors student and athlete, enjoying soccer, basketball and tennis.
His home was always open to his friends, and at his service, many of them shared their memories of a joint and happy childhood.
To be a friend with Chris was to be a friend for life.
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita hit at the beginning of his senior year in high school, and his home was destroyed. But his family was able to keep him at Mandeville High School by renting a temporary home.
He graduated from MHS with honors, was accepted at LSU and began there in 2006.
Chris worked hard at school, at his job after school and was a loyal and dedicated friend to many.
At the time of his death, he had roughly 400 friends on Facebook. His friends organized his funeral and told many stories of his kindness and generosity to others.
To his friends who needed clothes, he literally gave them off his own back.
To his friends who needed transportation, he lent his car.
Our family was in awe of the many anecdotes his friends from MHS and LSU shared with us that day.
The minister at his service compared him to Christ in his goodness and generosity.
Truly the life of a good man, and one who was taken from us too soon.
His grandmother has founded a memorial scholarship to honor him.
– Cornelia Wendell Bush
For more information on Chris, including more from his family and an English paper he had written on a life lesson, click on the links above.