W.T. "Bill" Russell, 62, of Little Rock, formerly of Clarksville, died Saturday, March 25, 2000. He was a son of the late Fred and Olive Russell, graduate of Clarksville High School and University of the Ozarks, former employee of Orbit Valve and an employee of Soloman Smith Barney. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Riddle Russell and Verlin Russell; and two sisters, Helen Bowman and Freddie Russell. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Colleen Hurst Russell; two stepsons, Michael Williams and Donald Williams; one stepdaughter, Cheri Casanova; one sister and brother-in-law, Vivian and Cline Berry of Silver City, New Mexico; and four grandchildren, Andrea, Jennifer, Elizabeth and Joseph. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 28, at Griffin, Leggett Healey & Roth Chapel and at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 28, at Hardwicke Funeral Home Chapel. Burial was in Oakland Cemetery at Clarksville. Active pallbearers were Ray Gabbard, Roger Gross, Mike Stoltz, Gary Jefferson, Sam Swayze and Cooper Meeks. Honorary pallbearers were Don Shula and Louis Martin. Memorials may be made to Immaculate Conception School, 223 South 14th Street, Fort Smith, AR 72901.
After graduating College of the Ozarks about 1959, Bill took a job driving a jobber merchandise van that serviced country general stores with twist tobacco, Bull Durham, food items, and other goods they carried. In 1963, when Orbit Valve Company moved from Tulsa to Little Rock, they hired him as their Customer Service Manager and he excelled at it. About 1978, Orbit sent him to London, England to monitor the finances of their sales and manufacturing operation. He tried this job of herding cats for a few years, but finally returned to Little Rock about 1985 and became a broker for Solomon Smith Barney and again excelled - until he was diagnosed with cancer about 1999. He died in a Little Rock hospital. While on his death bed, he told his wife, Colleen HURST Williams Russell, that I (Grant Collar) was his best friend, and, after his death, she passed this on to me.
Bill had first married Darlene ______ and they were together for years but finally divorced (no children). Then Bill married Colleen, a friend from his high school days.
After graduating College of the Ozarks about 1959, Bill took a job driving a jobber merchandise van that serviced country general stores with twist tobacco, Bull Durham, food items, and other goods they carried. In 1963, when Orbit Valve Company moved from Tulsa to Little Rock, they hired him as their Customer Service Manager and he excelled at it. About 1978, Orbit sent him to London, England to monitor the finances of their sales and manufacturing operation. He tried this job of herding cats for a few years, but finally returned to Little Rock about 1985 and became a broker for Solomon Smith Barney and again excelled - until he was diagnosed with cancer about 1999. He died in a Little Rock hospital. While on his death bed, he told his wife, Colleen HURST Williams Russell, that I (Grant Collar) was his best friend, and, after his death, she passed this on to me.
Bill had first married Darlene ______ and they were together for years but finally divorced (no children). Then Bill married Colleen, a friend from his high school days.
W.T. "Bill" Russell, 62, of Little Rock, formerly of Clarksville, died Saturday, March 25, 2000. He was a son of the late Fred and Olive Russell, graduate of Clarksville High School and University of the Ozarks, former employee of Orbit Valve and an employee of Soloman Smith Barney. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Riddle Russell and Verlin Russell; and two sisters, Helen Bowman and Freddie Russell. Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Colleen Hurst Russell; two stepsons, Michael Williams and Donald Williams; one stepdaughter, Cheri Casanova; one sister and brother-in-law, Vivian and Cline Berry of Silver City, New Mexico; and four grandchildren, Andrea, Jennifer, Elizabeth and Joseph. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 28, at Griffin, Leggett Healey & Roth Chapel and at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 28, at Hardwicke Funeral Home Chapel. Burial was in Oakland Cemetery at Clarksville. Active pallbearers were Ray Gabbard, Roger Gross, Mike Stoltz, Gary Jefferson, Sam Swayze and Cooper Meeks. Honorary pallbearers were Don Shula and Louis Martin. Memorials may be made to Immaculate Conception School, 223 South 14th Street, Fort Smith, AR 72901.
After graduating College of the Ozarks about 1959, Bill took a job driving a jobber merchandise van that serviced country general stores with twist tobacco, Bull Durham, food items, and other goods they carried. In 1963, when Orbit Valve Company moved from Tulsa to Little Rock, they hired him as their Customer Service Manager and he excelled at it. About 1978, Orbit sent him to London, England to monitor the finances of their sales and manufacturing operation. He tried this job of herding cats for a few years, but finally returned to Little Rock about 1985 and became a broker for Solomon Smith Barney and again excelled - until he was diagnosed with cancer about 1999. He died in a Little Rock hospital. While on his death bed, he told his wife, Colleen HURST Williams Russell, that I (Grant Collar) was his best friend, and, after his death, she passed this on to me.
Bill had first married Darlene ______ and they were together for years but finally divorced (no children). Then Bill married Colleen, a friend from his high school days.
After graduating College of the Ozarks about 1959, Bill took a job driving a jobber merchandise van that serviced country general stores with twist tobacco, Bull Durham, food items, and other goods they carried. In 1963, when Orbit Valve Company moved from Tulsa to Little Rock, they hired him as their Customer Service Manager and he excelled at it. About 1978, Orbit sent him to London, England to monitor the finances of their sales and manufacturing operation. He tried this job of herding cats for a few years, but finally returned to Little Rock about 1985 and became a broker for Solomon Smith Barney and again excelled - until he was diagnosed with cancer about 1999. He died in a Little Rock hospital. While on his death bed, he told his wife, Colleen HURST Williams Russell, that I (Grant Collar) was his best friend, and, after his death, she passed this on to me.
Bill had first married Darlene ______ and they were together for years but finally divorced (no children). Then Bill married Colleen, a friend from his high school days.
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