Mrs. Billie Jo Russell, age 77 of Middleton, Tennessee departed this life Tuesday morning, March 18, 2014 at Pine Meadows Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Bolivar.
Mrs. Russell was born in Chestnut Mound, Tennessee August 30, 1936 to the late Omar Eugene and Lena Mae Lynch Blair. On June 25, 1960, she was united in marriage to Mr. Robert L. Russell, who passed away October 31, 1994. She worked as a pipewelder with her husband, working for several companies including Ingall's Ship Building in Biloxi, Daniels Construction Company and Austin Power in Texas, and Brown & Root USA in Houston, from which she retired before returning to Hardeman County. She was a member of Dillards Creek Baptist Church and the Ladies Auxiliary of VFW. Among her hobbies, she enjoyed fishing, camping, cooking and spending time with family.
Survivors include four sons, Donnie Lynn Carr of Carthage, Robert Louis Russell, Jr. of Oakwood, GA, Terry Eugene Russell of Selmer, and David Russell of Bethel Springs; two sisters, Carol Eugene Hensley of Carthage, and Linda Faye West of Pleasant Shade; ten grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.
In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Timmy Joe Carr who passed away March 10, 1982.
Donations made in memory to Mrs. Russell may be sent to the National Kidney Foundation (www.kidney.org/donate).