MILLS RIVER, N.C. – James “Jim” Whitney Brush, 98, a resident of Mills River, N.C., and summer resident of Wayne from 1933 until 2014, passed away peacefully on Saturday June 24, 2023, after a brief illness.

James was an electronic engineer who worked on the Manhattan Project and worked for the Dept. of the Navy in Washington D.C. He was married to Penelope Joyce Stevenson until her passing in May 1977. He remarried in 1980.

He is survived by his wife, Evie Brush; his daughter, Tricia Thompson and son-in-law, Charlie; Tricia’s sons Tim Perando and Chris Perando and his wife Jen, and their children, Alyssa and Austin; his son, Charlie Brush and daughter-in-law, Kathy, and their sons Brian Brush and Laurel Anderson, James Brush and Rose Harvey, and Stephen Brush and his wife, Allison; his son, Joe Brush and daughter-in-law Pam; and daughter, Mary Beth Drake and her children, Emilie and Kannon. He also leaves behind four stepchildren.

A more detailed obituary/memorial can be found at: https://jameswhitneybrush.blogspot.com

A memorial service will be held at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 9 Turkey Lane, Winthrop at 11 a.m. on Aug. 19.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to:

Veterans History Museum of the Carolinas (VHMC),

21 East Main St.

Brevard, NC 28712

with a memo “In Memory of James W. Brush”

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