Funeral services: 1st Baptist Church, Lexington, Rev. Dale Kirkhuff officiating.
Parents: Tolley A. Russell and Lola Ann (Hill) Russell.
Education: Mitchell Hill Grade School, Rosedale; Rosedale High School, Class of 1934; BS Degree, ECU, Ada, and Masters Degree, OU, Norman.
Marriage: Lois Knight, Feb. 26, 1938.
Teaching career: 1940, grades 1-8, 1-room schoolhouse, Freeny, near Blanchard, OK.; Cole: 3 yrs.; Rosedale; Newcastle: high school principal and coach: 3 yrs.; Bridge Creek: superintendent, 8 yrs.;1957: Lexington, teacher and basketball coach, 19 yrs until retirement.
Military: June 1944 U.S. Navy, Leyta Gulf, Philippines.
He was a member of the Lexington First Baptist Church since 1958 where he taught Sunday school for many years.
Preceded in death by: his parents; his wife, Lois, Dec. 2002, and brothers, Edgar and Arthur Russell.
Survivors: son, Bill Russell, Purcell; daughter, Nelda Matthews and her husband, David L., Purcell; sister-in-law, Pearl Russell, Alex; 4 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers: Bill, Logan, Clayton and Jim Russell, David Matthews and Buddy Baker.
Honorary pallbearers: Jim Hunter, James Alexander, W.M. Neal, Jack Voyles, Cal Hobson, Jack Herron, Kenneth Russell, Blake Western and Willie Carl Russell.
Memorials: Lexington First Baptist Church Youth Ministries.
Parents: Tolley A. Russell and Lola Ann (Hill) Russell.
Education: Mitchell Hill Grade School, Rosedale; Rosedale High School, Class of 1934; BS Degree, ECU, Ada, and Masters Degree, OU, Norman.
Marriage: Lois Knight, Feb. 26, 1938.
Teaching career: 1940, grades 1-8, 1-room schoolhouse, Freeny, near Blanchard, OK.; Cole: 3 yrs.; Rosedale; Newcastle: high school principal and coach: 3 yrs.; Bridge Creek: superintendent, 8 yrs.;1957: Lexington, teacher and basketball coach, 19 yrs until retirement.
Military: June 1944 U.S. Navy, Leyta Gulf, Philippines.
He was a member of the Lexington First Baptist Church since 1958 where he taught Sunday school for many years.
Preceded in death by: his parents; his wife, Lois, Dec. 2002, and brothers, Edgar and Arthur Russell.
Survivors: son, Bill Russell, Purcell; daughter, Nelda Matthews and her husband, David L., Purcell; sister-in-law, Pearl Russell, Alex; 4 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers: Bill, Logan, Clayton and Jim Russell, David Matthews and Buddy Baker.
Honorary pallbearers: Jim Hunter, James Alexander, W.M. Neal, Jack Voyles, Cal Hobson, Jack Herron, Kenneth Russell, Blake Western and Willie Carl Russell.
Memorials: Lexington First Baptist Church Youth Ministries.
Funeral services: 1st Baptist Church, Lexington, Rev. Dale Kirkhuff officiating.
Parents: Tolley A. Russell and Lola Ann (Hill) Russell.
Education: Mitchell Hill Grade School, Rosedale; Rosedale High School, Class of 1934; BS Degree, ECU, Ada, and Masters Degree, OU, Norman.
Marriage: Lois Knight, Feb. 26, 1938.
Teaching career: 1940, grades 1-8, 1-room schoolhouse, Freeny, near Blanchard, OK.; Cole: 3 yrs.; Rosedale; Newcastle: high school principal and coach: 3 yrs.; Bridge Creek: superintendent, 8 yrs.;1957: Lexington, teacher and basketball coach, 19 yrs until retirement.
Military: June 1944 U.S. Navy, Leyta Gulf, Philippines.
He was a member of the Lexington First Baptist Church since 1958 where he taught Sunday school for many years.
Preceded in death by: his parents; his wife, Lois, Dec. 2002, and brothers, Edgar and Arthur Russell.
Survivors: son, Bill Russell, Purcell; daughter, Nelda Matthews and her husband, David L., Purcell; sister-in-law, Pearl Russell, Alex; 4 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers: Bill, Logan, Clayton and Jim Russell, David Matthews and Buddy Baker.
Honorary pallbearers: Jim Hunter, James Alexander, W.M. Neal, Jack Voyles, Cal Hobson, Jack Herron, Kenneth Russell, Blake Western and Willie Carl Russell.
Memorials: Lexington First Baptist Church Youth Ministries.
Parents: Tolley A. Russell and Lola Ann (Hill) Russell.
Education: Mitchell Hill Grade School, Rosedale; Rosedale High School, Class of 1934; BS Degree, ECU, Ada, and Masters Degree, OU, Norman.
Marriage: Lois Knight, Feb. 26, 1938.
Teaching career: 1940, grades 1-8, 1-room schoolhouse, Freeny, near Blanchard, OK.; Cole: 3 yrs.; Rosedale; Newcastle: high school principal and coach: 3 yrs.; Bridge Creek: superintendent, 8 yrs.;1957: Lexington, teacher and basketball coach, 19 yrs until retirement.
Military: June 1944 U.S. Navy, Leyta Gulf, Philippines.
He was a member of the Lexington First Baptist Church since 1958 where he taught Sunday school for many years.
Preceded in death by: his parents; his wife, Lois, Dec. 2002, and brothers, Edgar and Arthur Russell.
Survivors: son, Bill Russell, Purcell; daughter, Nelda Matthews and her husband, David L., Purcell; sister-in-law, Pearl Russell, Alex; 4 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers: Bill, Logan, Clayton and Jim Russell, David Matthews and Buddy Baker.
Honorary pallbearers: Jim Hunter, James Alexander, W.M. Neal, Jack Voyles, Cal Hobson, Jack Herron, Kenneth Russell, Blake Western and Willie Carl Russell.
Memorials: Lexington First Baptist Church Youth Ministries.
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