JESSIE FAYE BROCK RUSSELL, Obituary, 19 Aug 1998, Coke County, TX

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The Observer/Enterprise, 28 Aug 1998, Robert Lee, TX

RUSSELL

Jessie Fay Brock Russell, 77, of Robert Lee, died Wednesday, 
August 19, 1998, at the Robert Lee Care Center.

Funeral services were held at 10 am on Saturday, August 22, 1998,
at the Robert Lee Baptist Church.  Burial followed in the Robert
Lee Cemetery.  The services were under the direction of Shaffer 
Funeral Home.

Jessie Faye was born on November 16, 1920, in Bartleseville, Oklahoma.
She was the third child of Emmett and Gertrude Burgess.  They moved to
the Edith Community of Coke County in 1926.  She attended school at
Green Mountain and in Robert Lee, graduating from Robert Lee High School
in 1940.  In 1920 she married Carl Brock, a lifelong resident of Coke
County, until his death on January 13, 1969.  In 1970, she married Leon
Russell, a life-long resident of Runnels County, until his death in 
November of 1988.  She was employed at the Coke County ASCS office for
37 years, retiring in 1987.  She was a member of the Robert Lee Baptist
Church.

Jessie Faye is survived by two sons, Larry Carl Brock of Seminole, and 
Jon Bill Brock of Robert Lee; two sisters Allean Snow of El Paso and
Madine Burgess of Robert Lee; and three grandchildren, Sabrina, Amanda,
and Crystal Brock.

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