Parris David Rodney Russell, age 78, passed away March 13, 2019. He was born April 10th, 1940 to Fred and Amelia Russell at the University Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He grew up in the Peace River County of Alberta, in the town of North Star. As a young man he served in the Canadian Air Force Cadets and a highlight was the troop train he took across the Canadian Rockies to Burnaby B.C. (Canada). He attended school in North Star, Alberta, Manning, Alberta and in the U.S. After school he met and married Evelyn Winter from Victoria, Texas and went to work for F.W. Woolworth in Victoria. He left Woolworth and went to work for H.E.B., spending 20 years with them as their Toy & Housewares buyer. He loved the toy business and recalls the cabbage patch dolls, lemon twist, hula hoops and clacker balls that were the hit today and gone tomorrow toy. He always said Disney’s Mickey would be a hit forever and he was right. After H.E.B. moved to San Antonio (he refused to move) he went into the brokerage business then started a lawn maintenance company in which he was very successful. He was a good man, a good person and loved his family dearly. He will be missed.
He is preceded in death by his wife of 45 years Evelyn Russell; his mother, biological father, and three brothers: Allan & Dennis Anger and Garry Russell.
Parris leaves many family members to carry on his memory, including daughter: Dayna (Juan Carlos) Nieto; sons: David (Debra) Russell, Dennis (Adrian) Russell and Paris Ryan Russell, all of Corpus Christi; granddaughters: Candice Russell and Crystal (JP) Chaffin; grandsons: David Jr., Zachary, Kyle, Collin Russell, Juan Carlos, Nicholas and Cristian Nieto; and great-grandchildren: Tyler and Madison Chaffin; sister: Sharon Anger of Canada, father: Norman (Eleanor) Anger of Canada; sister-in-laws: Helen Winter and JoAnn Lau of Victoria.
Visitation will be held on Sunday, March 17, 2019 from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm at Memory Gardens Funeral Home, with a Prayer Service at 7:00 pm that same evening. Funeral Services will be held on Monday, March 18, 2019 at 10:00 am at Memory Gardens Funeral Home Chapel, with internment to follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery.
