Extracted from The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)
Wednesday, November 15, 1989

JAMES, RUSSELL

Died 3:15 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, 1989, at his residence. He was 75, and a native of Louin, Miss. He was a retired Lacox Butane Corp. truck driver and was a U.S. veteran of World War II.

Visiting at Geisler Funeral Home, Hammond, 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday and 8 a.m. until religious services at 11 a.m. Thursday, conducted by the Rev. Eddie Wilson, the Rev. Bob Forbes and the Rev. Steve Elston. Burial in Oak Grove Church of God Cemetery, Loranger.

Survived by wife, Shirley Williamson James, Loranger; two sons, Leonard James and Gwenon James, both of Loranger; a brother, Monroe James, Loranger; two sisters, Lottie Porter, Guthrie, Okla., and Lila Winstead, Pearl, Miss.; and two grandsons, Lenny Ray James and Rusty James, both of Loranger.

In lieu of flowers, family requests memorial donations may be made to Capitol Hospice of Ponchatoula, P.O. Box P, Ponchatoula 70454.