Eddy Co. NM - OBIT: Russell W. Gillum USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Patti Pennington patti_p_99@yahoo.com ************************************************************ The following excerpts are taken from page 8 - The Artesia (NM) Daily Press - August 17, 1999 GILLUM Graveside services are scheduled for Saturday, August 21, 1999 at Pinon Cemetery for RUSSELL W. GILLUM of Pinon, NM. GILLUM died on August 16 in Houston, TX. He was 34. The following excerpts were taken from page 10 - The Artesia (NM) Daily Press - August 18, 1999 GILLUM Graveside services are scheduled for Saturday, August 21, 1999, at Pinon Cemetery for RUSSELL W. GILLUM of 76 Surveyors Canyon Road in Pinon, NM. GILLUM, 34, died on August 16 at M.D. Anderson Hospital in Houston, TX. GILLUM was born on April 29, 1965, in Port Arthur, TX, to James Robert Gillum and Phyllis (Sowell) Gillum. He was married to Ann Marie Mussehl on September 20, 1997 in Pinon. Survivors include his wife, Ann M. Gillum of the home; parents James and Phyllis Gillum of Pinon; son James Dean Gillum of Pinon; daughters Ashley Gonzales of Clovis, NM and Christi Gonzales of Pinon; grandparents Velma Sowell of Pinon and Wilson and Gertrude Gillum of Kingsland, TX. He was preceded in death by his twin brother, Randall Lane Gillum in 1965 and his grandfather Ray Sowell in 1973.