Obituaries:  Mrs. Ida Aten Russell, Sabine Parish       R-240
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Mar 22, 1989
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Mrs. Ida Aten Russell

  Services for Mrs. Ida Aten Russell, 77, of Longview, Tex., were
held Friday, March 10, at Rader Funeral Home Chapel at Longview,
Tex. Officiating was the Rev. Lindsay Buans, pastor of Emmanuel
Baptist Church of Longview. Burial was Saturday, at 2 p.m., at
Diamond Crest Cemetery in Johnsonville, Calif.

  Mrs. Russell died Wednesday afternoon, following a long illness.
She had lived in Longview for 1 1/2 hears, having moved from
Herlong, Calif. She was a retired telephone operator, a native of
Zwolle, a Southern Baptist, and a member of the VFW Auxiliary.

  Survivors include two sons, Kenneth Russell of Longview, and
David Russell of Herlong, Calif.; one brother, W. W. Aten of
Deberry, Tex.; three sisters, Lois Hill of Godley, Tex., Pearl
Jordan of Conroe, Tex., and Opal Sandifer of Baton Rouge. She has
two granddaughters, Patricia and Rachel Russell of Longview; two
grandsons, Ronald Russell of Longview, and Clint Russell of
Herlong, Calif.

  Mrs. Russell had a host of nieces, nephews, and many friends in
and around Sabine Parish. She was preceded in death by her
husband, Lenis H. Russell.