Mary Lucille (Farmer) Russell (1920 - 2016)

Born 7 May 1920 in Marion, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Wife of William Rollin Russell — married about 1946 in Kentucky, United States

Died 28 Apr 2016 at age 95 in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Lucille was born in 1920. She was the daughter of Joseph Farmer and Nellie Watkins. She married William R. Russell in 1946. Together, they had three daughters. Mr. Russell passed away in 2015. Lucille followed him in death the following year on 28 Apr 2016.

Obituary ^[1]

Mary "Lucille" Russell, 95, of Louisville, passed away Thursday, April 28, 2016. Born in Marion Co., KY., she was the former Lucille Farmer, a homemaker, a member of St. Martha Catholic Church and an avid University of Louisville Cardinals fan.

Lucille was preceded in death by her husband of 69 years, William Rollin "Red" Russell. She is survived by her daughters, Patricia Turner (James) and Marilynn "Faye" Russell; granddaughters, Dawn Anderson, Laura Sizer (Tom), and Claire Mattern (Matt); step-granddaughters, Ann Slider, Tracy Turner, and Jennifer Turner; and great-grandchildren, Will, Hayden, Paige, and Meredith.

Her funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Monday, May 2, 2016 at St. Martha Catholic Church, 2825 Klondike Ln. with burial to follow in Brookside Cemetery, Campbellsville, KY.

Sources

1. ↑ The Courier-Journal, 30 Apr 2016

• "Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHV-YGZN : 11 February 2018), Mary L Farmer, 07 May 1920; citing Birth, Marion, Kentucky, United States, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMFH-V63 : accessed 11 May 2021), Lucille Farmer in household of Joseph C Farmer, St Mary, Marion, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 17, sheet 5B, line 90, family 91, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 769; FHL microfilm 2,340,504.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7Y4-H8X : 9 January 2021), Lucille Farmer in household of Joe Farmer, Lebanon, Marion, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 78-7A, sheet 4A, line 19, family 71, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1338.

• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/161862903/mary-lucille-russell : accessed 10 May 2021), memorial page for Mary Lucille Farmer Russell (7 May 1920–28 Apr 2016), Find a Grave Memorial ID 161862903, citing Brookside Cemetery, Campbellsville, Taylor County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by Gerald & Martha M. Thompson (contributor 47866457) .