Alma Faye Russell

A graveside service for Alma Faye Russell will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 28, 2006 at the Lindale City Cemetery with Rev. Kenny Cunningham officiating. Services are under the direction of Caudle-Rutledge Funeral Home in Lindale. Pallbearers will be Trey Hughes, David and Rusty Hunt, and Bob Winspear. Aaron and Grant Russell and Josh Willi will serve as honorary pallbearers. Faye will be buried beside her husband of 45 years, Robert George Russell, a former Assistant Chief of the Dallas Fire Department, who preceded her in death on May 25, 1981. Faye died unexpectedly on June 26th after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. Faye was born to Marvin and Beulah Stafford on September 26, 1923 and grew up in Wills Point, Texas, where she met and married George Russell. They later moved to Dallas where George served as Assistant Deputy Chief for the Dallas Fire Department with Faye's love and support. The couple also built homes together, with Faye drawing the custom plans and even, at times, assisting George with the construction of the houses. The very first house they built at Hide-A-Way Lake was their own retirement home at 205 Hide-a-way Lane, where Faye lived after George's death until health problems necessitated her moving to Dallas. Faye and George loved traveling in their Airstream, deer hunting, fishing, playing golf and playing tennis. Faye was an excellent, competitive tennis player and resumed that sport after their four children were raised. She is survived by three of her nine siblings and by all of her four children and their spouses and children: Peggy Decker and her husband Ray, Peggy's son Trey Hughes and her daughter, Heather Hughes; Judy Christenberry and her two daughters and their spouses; Michel and Laura Rooyen and Josh and Christina Willi; Barbara Hunt and her husband, Ralph and their children and grandchildren: David and Kyle Hunt and their children, Stephanie, David, Jr., and Greg; Rusty and Loretta Hunt and their three daughters, Alexandra, Caroline and Anna Catherine; and Bob and Cindia Winspear and their three daughters, Allison, Katie and Morgan; and her son Tom Russell and his wife Ann and their sons and grandchildren: Aaron and Susie Russell, with their children Ava, Leo, and a third child that will be born this fall and Grant Russell with his daughter Lilly. Several family members had already left for Holland for Laura Christenberry's wedding, so her memorial service will be held in September, at a time when all of her family can be present. Additional information on that memorial service will be provided at a later date. Anyone who wishes to make a memorial donation to assist Dallas Firemen injured or killed in action can address it as follows: Chaplain David Smith 1551 Baylor Street Dallas, Texas 75226 Make checks payable to the Christian Firefighters Association, but be sure to note on the check that it is designated for the "George and Faye Russell Dallas Fireman's Assistance Fund."

Alma Faye Russell

June 26, 2006