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Back to Ann Lewis's Table of Contents Archie Lavon Bushman (1905-1963) The Theodore Turley Family Book, p. 495 I am the eighth child born to Theodore Martin and Elizabeth Morilla Lambson Bushman. I lived in Lehi until I was 15, then moved to Ogden, I went to Lehi Public Schools and attended just two years of high school. I will relate one experience I had and will never forget. When I was 14 years old I went with some friends to take beet scales from the Utah Idaho Sugar Company to Foss Creek, about 100 miles from Lehi. There were three of us, one boy my age and his uncle. My friend and I took double barreled shotguns with us and rode in the back of the large flat bed of the truck. The driver would stop once in a while and let us shoot jackrabbits. Once after shooting a rabbit the driver said, "Let's go." We hurried to unload our guns; in my rush I only unloaded one bullet. I thought I had taken both bullets out. When I jumped on the running board of the truck, the truck hit a rock, my gun dropped on the running board, and just as I reached for it, it went off, blowing my thumb off and part of my hand. I lost my right eye. Eighteen shots are still embedded in my head. They stopped the truck, tied a tourniquet around my arm. I asked them to take me back to the doctor. They said they had to deliver the scales. I looked down the road both ways but could not see a car. I told them to go on, I would bleed to death anyway, so they left. I don't know what happened but I prayed and when I looked up there, was a small Ford truck. Who the driver was I don't know, nor have ever seen him since. He took me back to Lehi about 70 miles. The doctor dressed my wounds. I was in the hospital six weeks. I have had more experiences. Three years ago I was given just a few years to live. I was administered to and promised I would live. I am now under a doctor's care for heart trouble and sugar diabetes. I am blessed by still being able to do temple work and home teaching. I have held the following positions in the Church: presidency of the Seventies Quorum 11 years; in the superintendency of the Sunday School and MIA; secretary of Senior Aaronic Priesthood 6 years; High Priest Group Leader for 7 years, I am now a home teacher and doing temple work and research as I can. Our four sons are all married and were sealed in the temple. Two have gone on missions. One is now in the bishopric, one is a ward clerk, and the other two hold ward positions.
Archie married Isabelle Simpson on Aug. 17, 1925 in Ogden, Utah. She is the daughter of Daniel James and Margaret Isabelle Simpson Doyle. Their sons:
Marvin Daniel, born Jan. 29, 1927; married Jemima LaDean Sine on June 9, 1954 Archie Doyle, born June 26, 1929; married Helen May Lewis on March 25, 1950 John Theodore, born June 14, 1931; married Betty Lucretia Mifflin on March 9, 1951 Larry J., born June 30, 1935; married Rena LeiNani Caine on Aug. 14, 1959
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