Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....RUSSELL, EVELYN PUCKETT August 3, 2017 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Gina Brown rootsgirl36@gmail.com November 16, 2017, 4:56 am News Star World - August 04, 2017 EVELYN PUCKETT RUSSELL Funeral Services for Mrs. Evelyn Puckett Russell, 94, of West Monroe, LA will be held at 3:00 P.M. Saturday, August 5, 2017 in the chapel of Mulhearn Funeral Home West Monroe, LA with Rev. Neil Oldham officiating. Interment will follow in the Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Calhoun, LA. Mrs. Russell was born on July 21, 1923 in Hebert, LA and passed away on August 3, 2017 at Glenwood Regional Medical in West Monroe, LA following complications of a stroke on July 31. She lived a full, happy, independent life for all of her 94 years. She loved being with family and friends, attending church and Sunday School, singing in the choir, sending cards to her church family and friends for birthdays, anniversaries and at Christmas and preparing food, especially Chicken and Dumplings for church activities and bereaved families. In her younger years she especially enjoyed teaching young children Bible Stories using a flannel graph board. She was preceded in death by her husband, of 63 years, John Hansford Russell; her parents, AB and Estelle Puckett; brothers, Eugene Puckett and Allen Puckett; sisters, Lorena McGeehee, Myrtle Mott, Ruth Dollar, Audra McDonald, Margie Douglas and Alora Worsham. Survivors include her daughter, Nancy Elmore and husband, Charles; son, Johnny Russell; grandchildren, Charlene Ragan and husband, Brian, Wendy Chandler and husband, Bill; great grandchildren, Tyler Ragan and wife, Jessie, Spencer Ragan and wife, Bailey, David Chandler, Eric Chandler and Jaiden Chandler; great great grandchild, Murphy Ragan; nephew, Joe Puckett and many other nieces, nephews, friends and church family at Cypress Street Church of God. Pallbearers will be Brian Ragan, Tyler Ragan, Spencer Ragan, Bill Chandler, Marlon Mitchell, and Dale Green. Honorary Pallbearers will be Larry Worsham and LM Welch. Visitation will be held from 1:00 P.M. until Service Time on Saturday at Mulhearn Funeral Home West Monroe, LA. Memorials may be made to the Cypress Street Church of God Building Fund. Online Registry/ Condolences: www.mulhearnfuneralhome.com Mulhearn Funeral Home West Monroe, LA File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/ouachita/obits/r/russell6438nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/lafiles/ File size: 2.7 Kb