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Katie Bell (Bush) Minor

August 7, 1934 ~ December 3, 2023 (age 89) 89 Years Old

Katie Minor Obituary

Katie Bell Bush Minor, affectionately known as "Mawmaw" and "Aunt Kay" passed away Sunday, December 3, 2023, at her home at the age of 89 years.
Funeral Services will be held Thursday, December 7, 2023, at 2:00 PM ET at Philadelphia Baptist Church with Pastor Clay Duck officiating. Interment will follow at the church cemetery with Ronnie Kilpatrick, George Sports, David Craft, Earl Palmer, Ty Goodroe, Cason Santa Ana , Derek Goodroe and Dustin Antrobus serving as pallbearers. The family will receive friends Wednesday evening from 6-8 pm at the funeral home.
Katie was born August 7, 1934, in Phenix City, Alabama to the late Herbert and Iva Ethel Lloyd Bush. She had many accomplishments over the years, including driving a school bus for Lee County schools, doing extensive carpentry work, delivering flowers for Nosegay Florist, and most importantly being a homemaker. In her leisure time she enjoyed taking trips, attending gospel singing, bowling, going out to eat with her friends, playing dominoes with friends, and piddling in her yard. She was a member of Philadelphia Baptist Church, and the VFW ladies axillary. Mrs. Minor will be best remembered as an outgoing person.
Other than her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William Luther Minor; a son, Otis L. "Bubba" Minor; sisters, Kathleen Askew, Alice Butler, and Eren Amerson.
Surviving are her children, Danny (Charlene) Minor and Jane Eastridge; five grandchildren, Tina Pace, Tara Santa Ana, Summer (Derek) Goodroe, Kacie (Dustin) Antrobus, and David Craft; seven great grandchildren, Hailey (Madison) Lafferty, Cason Santa Ana, Kendall Pace, Tatum Goodroe, Ty Goodroe, Hunter Antrobus, and Fysher Antrobus; one great great grandchild, Bella Layman; numerous nieces and nephews; special friends, Bobbi Bunton (John) who was like a daughter, Carol Byrom (Lester), and Sandy Pelitier (Sean).

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Services

Visitation
Wednesday
December 6, 2023

6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Colonial Funeral Home Chapel
613 14th Street
Phenix City, AL 36867

Funeral Service
Thursday
December 7, 2023

2:00 PM
Philadelphia Baptist Church
7807 Mullins Road
Smiths, AL 36877

Interment
Thursday
December 7, 2023

3:00 PM
Philadelphia Baptist Church Cemetery

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