Shorty was preceded in death by his father, Arvil Franklin Russell; mother, Daisy Katherine Summers Russell; brother, Roger Dale Russell; sisters, Irene Verne, Violet Pace, Myrna Reynolds, and Helen Oglesby.
Survivors: wife, Norma Jean Barker Russell; daughters, Linda Sue Spruill and husband, Butch, Rhonda Lovell and husband, Jeff, Patti Atchison and husband, Ellis; brother, Doss Russell and wife, Cleta, and Arvil Russell and wife, Linda; 7 grandchildren, Tanya Spruill, Kevin Spruill, Lacey Lovell, Kyleen Lovell, Cymbre Dunigan and husband, Joe, Russell Atchison, and Wesly Atchison and wife, Andrea; 9 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
A private funeral service will be held. Interment: Moore Memorial Gardens.