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Nadine W. Bush

Nadine W. Bush of Oak Ridge passed away peacefully on Oct. 8, 2024, after a long battle with dementia.

She was born July 14, 1939, to Oren and Veola White in Kings Mountain, North Carolina. Nadine was preceded in death by her parents and her beloved husband of 50 years, the Rev. Danny Bush. She is survived by her children, Charlotte Cunningham (Jerry) and Mark Bush; and grandchildren, Carolyn, Ian, and Gabby Miller, Olivia Daniels, and Sierra and Collin Bush.

Nadine began playing the piano as a young child, performing at church services by the age of 8. While her husband was a student at Southwestern Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, she studied the organ.

She played at many churches throughout her life, most recently at The United Church Chapel on the Hill in Oak Ridge, and First Baptist Church of Clinton. She was an accomplished organist and pianist, performing at numerous weddings, funerals, and events.

Nadine was proud of her education, earning a master of science degree from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville at age 60. She worked for John Auxier at Auxier and Associates, and later at International Technologies in Knoxville.

She also taught piano and organ to hundreds of children and adults over the years. Her students have won many awards, with several majoring in music in college. In her early teaching years, she taught in students’ homes or at a church. One of her adult students later bought her a brand-new piano for her home, and a few years after that, her husband, Danny, gifted her a beautiful black grand piano, which became Charlotte’s prized possession.

The family will hold a private service for Nadine later this month. Many thanks to Fabian Mott of Mott McKamey Funeral Home in Oak Ridge for his thoughtful and professional care. Gifts in her honor should go toward helping families struggling in the aftermath of Helene in Nadine’s beloved mountains of North Carolina.