BORN -DECEMBER27, 1932
WENT HOME TO BE WITH JESUS - MARCH 5, 2018
MR. RUSSELL WAS BORN AND RAISED IN ACWORTH, GA. HE WAS THE SON OF WILLIAM
ARTHUR AND BEULAH PRICKETT RUSSELL. HE WAS A VETERAN HAVING SERVED IN
BOTH THE ARMY AND NAVY. AFTER HIS TIME IN THE MILITARY HE RETURNED TO GA.,
MAKING HIS HOME FOR MANY YEARS IN STONE MTN, GA. HE RETIRED IN 1990 FROM
THE VALSPAR PAINT COMPANY. AFTER HIS RETIREMENT HE AND HIS WIFE, EMILY
MOVED TO MAGGIE VALLEY, N.C .. THEY MOVED BACK TO CARTERSVILLE, GA. AFTER
EMILY SUFFERED A MAJOR STROKE IN 1999 IN ORDER TO BE CLOSER TO FAMILY.
MR. RUSSELL IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE OF 63 YEARS, EMILY FLETCHER RUSSELL, 2
CHILDREN, SON - MICHAEL ARTHUR RUSSELL, DAUGHTER - JULIA ELAINE AND
WILLAIM CARDEN, 3 GRANDSONS - MITCH, ALEX AND JOSH RUSSELL, 3 GREAT
GRANDCHILDREN,2 SISTERS - ELIZABETH AND J.B. CHANDLER OF CHRISTIAN CITY,
GA. AND JANICE DABBS OF SMITHVILLE, MISS., SEVERAL NIECES, NEPHEWS AND
COUSINS.