Obit: Ella Gibson Russell, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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>From the December 9, 1954 Winn Parish Enterprise 

Final Rites Held For Mrs. James G. Russell, Sr., Dec. 7

Mrs James G. Russell, Sr., 68, succumbed at a local hospital Monday, Dec. 6,
1954, at 3 p.m., following a lengthy illness.  Funeral services were held at
3:30 p.m. Wednesday at the First Methodist Church with the pastor, Rev. Luther
Booth officiating.  He was assisted by the Rev. Waynon Mott, Rev. P. M.
Carraway of Pineville, and Rev. E. C. Dufrense of Haughton.  Burial was in the
Winnfield Cemetery under direction of Hixon Funeral Home.  

Acting as pallbearers were Dudley Shell, Newton Forrest, Richard Heard, E. J.
Buchanan, Harper Terrill, and Matt Milam, Jr.

Mrs. Russell, the former Miss Ella Gibson, a native of Michigan, had been a
resident of Winnfield since 1929.  She first came to Winn Parish in 1918 and
with her family resided in Joyce.

Besides being an active member of the First Methodist Church, she was also a
worker in the WSCS, the Orphanage Circle, and the Readers Review Club.

She is survived by her husband, James G. Russell, Sr., of Winnfield; three
daughters, Mrs. Charles Dark of Cleveland, Tex.; Mrs. Clyde Corley of Bastrop
and Miss Ruth Russell of Winnfield; three sons, Donald of Minden; Lawrence of
Alexandria; and James G., Jr., of Winnfield; nine grandchildren; one sister,
Mrs. Edwin Ford of Huttig, Ark.; and three brothers, Herman Gibson of Clayton,
James M. Gibson of Monticello, Ark., and George Gibson of Shreveport.

(Submitted by Greggory Ellis Davies, Winnfield, Winn Parish, LA.)