Obit of Russell, Ruth Alma (Rowe) (r240) - Murray County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Dennis Muncrief 13 Feb 2004 Return to Murray County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/murray/murray.htm ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Surnames: Russell Rowe Sewell Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UaB.2ACI/964 Ruth Alma (Rowe) Russell Ruth Alma (Rowe) Russell, 94, a lifelong resident of Davis, died Feb. 9, 2004, at Arbuckle Memorial Hospital. Services are Thursday, Feb. 12, at 2 p.m. at the First Baptist Church with Pastor James Densman officiating. Interment will be at Green Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Russell was born Sept. 24, 1909, in Davis to Pauline (Sewell) and John W. Rowe. She attended the Hoover School. She married John Russell Jr. in October 1927 at Pauls Valley, and they owned and operated the Russell Bros. Grocery Store in Davis from 1939 until 1957. After retiring, they enjoyed ranching and traveling. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Davis, the Garden Club and a 50-year member of the Home Demonstration and Extension Club and was a frequent "blue ribbon" winner with her sewing and canning. She was preceded in death by both parents, her husband, two brothers, Ralph and Raymond Rowe, and two sisters, Allene Pennybaker Limb and Alma Dora Haynes. She is survived by three children, Patsy Carter, Davis, Johnny Russell, Norman and Billy Russell, Bartlesville; sister, Eva Brown, Davis; five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be her grandsons and nephews. Services are under the direction of Krien Funeral Home. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Murray County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/murray/murray.htm