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Russell Edward Newell

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Russell Edward Newell

Birth
Lincoln County, Mississippi, USA
Death
11 Jun 2002 (aged 86)
Brookhaven, Lincoln County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
Wesson, Lincoln County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
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Services for Russell E. Newell of Brookhaven are 2 p.m., Thursday, June 13, at Mt. Zion Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery.

Visitation is today from 5-10 p.m. at Brookhaven Funeral Home.

Mr. Newell, 86, died June 11, 2002, at Country Brook Living Center. He was born in Lincoln County on Sept. 6, 1915, to A. C. Newell Sr. and Haley Newell Newell.

He was a retired heavy equipment operator. He was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church.

Preceding him in death were his parents; his first wife, Marguerite Walker Newell; two grandchildren and five sisters.

Survivors are his wife, Wessie S. Newell of Brookhaven; his son, Jerome Newell of Lawrence County; his stepson, Jackie Walker of Columbus; his daughters, Peggy Rutland of Lawrence County and Earline Allen of Wesson; his stepdaughter, Gail White of Brookhaven; his brother, A. C. Newell of Brookhaven; his sister, Ruby Lee Britt of Brookhaven; and eight grandchildren and a number of great-grandchildren.

The Daily Leader
Services for Russell E. Newell of Brookhaven are 2 p.m., Thursday, June 13, at Mt. Zion Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery.

Visitation is today from 5-10 p.m. at Brookhaven Funeral Home.

Mr. Newell, 86, died June 11, 2002, at Country Brook Living Center. He was born in Lincoln County on Sept. 6, 1915, to A. C. Newell Sr. and Haley Newell Newell.

He was a retired heavy equipment operator. He was a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church.

Preceding him in death were his parents; his first wife, Marguerite Walker Newell; two grandchildren and five sisters.

Survivors are his wife, Wessie S. Newell of Brookhaven; his son, Jerome Newell of Lawrence County; his stepson, Jackie Walker of Columbus; his daughters, Peggy Rutland of Lawrence County and Earline Allen of Wesson; his stepdaughter, Gail White of Brookhaven; his brother, A. C. Newell of Brookhaven; his sister, Ruby Lee Britt of Brookhaven; and eight grandchildren and a number of great-grandchildren.

The Daily Leader


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