Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....RUSSELL, MARY FREDDIE ROBERTS October 17, 2013
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News Star World - October 18, 2013
MARY FREDDIE ROBERTS RUSSELL

Funeral services for Mary Freddie Roberts Russell, 89, of Monroe, will be held 
at 11:00 AM Sunday, October 20, 2013, in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home, 
Sterlington Road, Monroe. Interment will follow at Mulhearn Memorial Park 
Cemetery.

Mrs. Russell died Thursday, October 17, 2013, at Christus St. Joseph's Home. 
She grew up mostly in Catahoula Parish and lived in Concordia and Webster 
parishes and Columbia County, AR. Mrs. Russell worked for the Jesse F. Heard & 
Sons Construction Company in West Monroe as secretary, payroll clerk, and 
general assistant. She was an avid reader interested in current events, 
politics and history. She wrote many letters, on a variety of subjects, to The 
News Star that was published.

Mrs. Russell was active in establishing the first for the local university, 
The Franky Russell Memorial Jazz Ensemble Scholarship in 1997, and seeing it 
endowed in December 2004.

Mrs. Russell was preceded in death by her father, William Fred Roberts; 
mother, Gracie Irene Roberts; son, Richard Franky Russell; brothers, Wilmer 
Gene Roberts and James Richard Roberts; and sons' father, Tony Bill Russell, 
Sr.

Survivors include sons, Tony Bill Russell, Jr. and wife Janice Clark of 
Virginia Beach, VA, Benjy Fred Russell, Sr. and wife Lisa Ramsey of New 
Albany, IN, and Robert S. Russell and wife Sandi Peters of Monroe, LA; 
brother, John William (Bill) Roberts, Sr. and wife Shirley Stoneman of Terral, 
OK; grandchildren, Benjy Fred Russell, Jr., Tony Bill Russell, III, Robyn 
Renea Smith, Jason Scott Russell, Andrew Scott Russell, and Dakota Russell; 
great grandchildren, Tyler Smith, Riley Renea Smith, Alexandria Maria Russell, 
Madison Mae Smith, Isabela Louisa Russell, Corey Shane Russell, and Zackerie 
Cordell Russell; and many nieces, nephews, and friends scattered over the 
United States.

Visitation will be Sunday from 9:00 AM until service time at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to The ULM Franky Russell Jazz Ensemble Scholarship.


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