Richard Brevard Russell

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.