Russell Linell Austin

RUSSELL LOVE MUSIC, AS A VERY GIFTED GUITAR PLAYER, HE PLAYED IN MANY LOCAL MUSIC SHOWS, SUCH AS THE OLD SOUTH JAMBOREE . HE EVEN HAD HIS OWN BAND, THE RAINBOW MOUNTAIN BOYS. EARLY IN HIS LIFE HE WORKED VERY HARD FROM AN EARLY AGE AND HELPED TO SUPPORT HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS. AS MOST OF US FROM THAT TIME; LIFE WAS NOT EASY.

RUSSELL CONTINUED TO PLAY MUSIC BUT SWITCH TO CHURCH MUSIC.

RUSSELL ALSO LOVED ANIMALS, ALL KINDS. HE HAD FAVORITES, SUCH AS HIS DOGS

PRISSY AND SOPHIA. HE HAD BIRDS AND SQUIRRELS IN THE YARD HE WOULD FEED. THE SQUIRRELS WOULD COME ON THE WINDOW LEDGE AND WATCH FOR WHEN HE WOULD BRING OUT PEANUTS. BUT LET US NOT FORGET CATS, ALTHOUGH HE DID NOT HAVE ON IN LATER YEARS HE STILL LOVED THEM. THAT WAS ONE OF HIS FAVORITE THINGS TO DO AT WOODLEIGH, WATCH THE CATS OUT ON THE PATIO.

RUSSELL WAS A VERY SERIOUS PERSON. LAUGHTER TO HIM WAS FOOLISH, WHICH CAUSED SOME OF THE FAMILY TO SAY HE WAS GRUMPY. BUT IN THE LAST YEAR HE FOUND HIS LAUGHTER, BUT STILL AS HIS NURSES WOULD SAY STILL VERY FISETY.

HE MADE SOME VERY SPECIAL FRIENDS AT WOODLEIGH. BRANDI COULD ALSO GET TO CALM DOWN IF UPSET OR GET HIM TO EAT WHEN NO ONE ELSE COULD. SHE CALLED HIM POP. CYNTHIA WAS ONE TO MAKE HIM SMILE AND KID WITH. HE LIKED TO TELL HER HE DIDN'T MISS HER WHEN EVERYONE KNEW HE DID. THE STAFF ALL LOVED HIM EVEN WHEN HE WAS ALOT GRUMPY. HE KEPT EVERYBODY HOPPING. BUT THEY SAID HE WOULD BE GREATLY MISSED BY ALL.

RUSSELL IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE OF 36 YEARS, EDITH AUSTIN. TWO SONS; RUSSELL AUSTIN JR OF JACKSON MS; SAM AUSTIN AND WIFE SHELIA OF KENTUCKY. THREE DAUGHTERS; CHERLY TILLEY AND HUSBAND BOBBY OF SPRINGHILL LA; SHELIA AUSTIN OF BATON ROUGE LA; AUTUMN AUSTIN OF JONESBORRO LA. ONE STEP DAUGHTER THERESA FAWCETT OF BATON ROUGE LA..HE HAD 2 SISTER JERRI BERNARD OF WALKER LA AND BETTY REBEL OF FLORIDA. THERE ARE NUMEROUS GRANDCHILDREN, GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, AND GREAT-GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.

HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS, I.R. AUSTIN AND DESSIE NICOLS AUSTIN

THREE BROTHERS, KENNETH AUSTIN, ALLEN AUSTIN AND PRINTESS AUSTIN.

ONE GREAT -GRANDCHILD, 1 GRANDSON IN LAW, AND TWO STEP GRANDSONS.

SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL THE STAFF AT WOODLEIGH AND CLARITY HOSPICE.

A VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL STAFF MEMBERS AT WOODLEIGH WHO LOVED AND CARED FOR HIM. ESPEICALLY CYNTHIA, BRANDI, APRIL AND MITZI. HE LOVES THEM ALL.

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A visitation for Russell will be held Tuesday, August 6, 2024 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM at Greenoaks Funeral Home & Memorial Park, 9595 Florida Blvd, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70815. A funeral service will occur Tuesday, August 6, 2024 at 12:00 PM, 9595 Florida Blvd, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70815. An interment will occur Tuesday, August 6, 2024 at Greenoaks Memorial Park, 9595 Florida Blvd, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70815.