Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Russell, Harold O., 1946 

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SUFFOLK BOY DIES ABROAD 

Russell's Body To Be Returned 

  SUFFOLK, Aug. 12 - Announcement of the death of Pfc. Harold O. Russell, who 
was stationed with the U.S. Army in England, was received Saturday by his 
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Russell, Sr., Holladay Street, in a telegram from 
the Adjutant General of the U.S. Army. 

  Russell, who was with the Eighth Army Air Force, died August 7 from natural 
causes.  His body will arrive in Suffolk at a later date for burial in Cedar 
Hill Cemetery. 

  Besides his parents, Russell is survived by a brother, Tech. Sergeant Robert 
L. Russell, of Fort Knox, Ky., four sisters, Mrs. Virginia Edwards, Newsoms, 
Mrs. Phillis Chester, and Mrs. Eleanor Pitner, of Portsmouth, and Mrs. Carolyn 
Asbell, Suffolk. 

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PFC. HAROLD O. RUSSELL 

FORMER COUNTY BOY IS DEAD IN ENGLAND 

   Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee Russell of Suffolk have been notified by the War 
Department of the death of their son, Pfc. Harold O. Russell, who died August 
7, in England of an illness. 

   The body of Pfc. Russell is being returned to the United States and will 
arrive here in about two weeks, when it will be taken to I.O. Hill and Company 
Funeral Home, Suffolk, for funeral services.  Pfc. Russell was 23 years of age 
and enlisted in October, 1942, and had been overseas for three years.  He 
attended Courtland High School and was a member of Sebrell Methodist Church. 

   In November, 1945, he re-enlisted in the U.S. Army in England.  Surviving 
in addition to his parents, are four sisters, Mrs. Virginia Edwards of Newsoms, 
Mrs. Phyllis Chester and Mrs. Eleanor Pitner of Portsmouth and Mrs. Carolyn 
Asbell of Suffolk; one brother, Technical Sergeant Robert Russell, U.S. Army 
of Fort Knox, Ky., and a nephew and six nieces. 

   Announcement of funeral arrangements will be made when the body arrives in 
Suffolk. 

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RUSSELL RITES TO BE SATURDAY 

Soldier to Have Military Funeral 

  Funeral services for Pfc. Harold Russell, U.S. Army, who died of illness in 
Tidewater, England, will be held at 3 p.m. tomorrow at the Hill Funeral Home 
with Dr. Samuel T. Habel officiating. 

  The body arrived in Norfolk today and has been brought to the Hill Funeral 
Home, escorted by Pfc. Carl Jackson of the Brooklyn Army Base. 

  Russell is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Russell, 259 
Holiday [sic; Holladay] street; four sisters, Mrs. Charles Chester and Mrs. 
W.R. Pitner, Portsmouth, Mrs. Virginia Edwards, of Newsoms, and Mrs. Carolyn 
Aswell [sic; Asbell], Suffolk and one brother, Robert L. Russell, Jr., 
Savannah, Ga. 

  Military rites will be conducted at the grave. 

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RUSSELL RITES HELD SUNDAY 

Military Burial Held at Grave 

  Last rites for Pfc. Harold Russell, U.S. Army, who died in Tidworth, 
England, were conducted Saturday afternoon at the Hill Funeral Home by Dr. 
S.T. Habel. 

  Active pallbearers were Sergeant Richard C. Larson, Sergeant Cletus 
Richmond, Corporal Robert Tomlinson, Pfc. William I. Cooper, Pfc. George 
Herbst and Pfc. Henry Kursola. 

  At the grave in Cedar Hill Cemetery burial was with military honors, with 
a firing squad and taps blown by Bugler Benno S. Friedman.  The pallbearers, 
firing squad and bugler were all members of Organization 714 Railway Operating 
Battalion, Fort Eustis, add were under the command of Lt. Anthony Bruno. 

  The casket was covered with an American flag, which was replaced with a pall 
of pink gladioli. 


PFC Harold Otis RUSSELL, Army soldier, 
b. 22 Dec 1923*, Southampton Co., d. 7 Aug 1946, Tidworth, England, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block W, Lot 19*), Suffolk, 7 Jun 1968, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 24, No. 117, Mon., Aug. 12, 1946, p. 3; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 41, No. 43, Fri., Aug. 23, 1946, p. 1; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 24, No. 144, Fri., Sep. 13, 1946, p. 3; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 24, No. 146, Mon., Sep. 16, 1946, p. 3 

*Additional information: 

His parents are buried in the same lot.  Cedar Hill list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_p.txt 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Steve Poole - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Mem. #92791958. 

The transcript of B.Cert. 64226 gives Harrell, b. 12 Dec 1923. 

His WW-II draft card gives Harold Otis, b. 22 Dec 1923. 


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