James R. Russell

JAMES R. RUSSELL WAS BORN ON AUGUST 15, 1942, IN LAWNDALE, NORTH CAROLINA TO HIS LOVING PARENTS ROOSEVELT AND ADDIE MAE WALLER RUSSELL.
JAMES WAS A KIND-HEARTED,  LOVING, AND GENEROUS MAN. HE WAS A DEVOTED HUSBAND, FATHER AND GRANDFATHER.
B-BOY,MONEY, LOVED LAUGHING & "CUTTING UP" WITH HIS FAMILY, PLAYING CARDS AND HAVING "A LIL' NIP".  HE ENJOYED RIDING AROUND IN BIG RED. HIS FAVORITE SAYING WAS 2 S's AND 2 L's! RUSSELL''.
HE LOVED CARPENTRY AND WAS A DEVOTED CONTRUCTION EMPLOYEE AT LAKE OF WOODS, MAHOMET, ILLINOIS FOR 37 YEARS.
ON WEDNESDAY JULY 8TH, JAMES TRANSITIONED INTO ETERNAL LIFE. HE IS SURVIVED BY, HIS WIFE DORIS JEAN RUSSELL, 7 CHILDREN: GERALD RUSSELL, TAMMIE MAYNOR-DONALDSON, TERRY RUSSELL, SHAWN MAYNOR, LA-KETA MAYNOR, JAMES MAYNOR, TERRI MAYNOR. BROTHER ROOSEVELT (ESSIE) RUSSELL , AND A HOST OF GRANDKIDS, NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, SISTER, ROSIE CASTON AND ANNIE RUTH RUSSELL FERGUSON. BROTHERS, NATHANIEL RUSSELL, J. C . RUSSELL, ROBERT RUSSELL AND WILLIE RUSSELL.

Per his wishes, he was cremated.
 

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