Woodrow Lloyd Russell: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

Woodrow Lloyd Russell was born on 4 Jan 1918 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas (son of Wallace Freeman Russell and Eula Mae Allen); died on 11 Jun 2015 in Texas; was buried in Halbert Cemetery (Joel Halbert Cemetery / Fox Hill Cemetery), Milam, Sabine County, Texas.

Notes:

Woodrow Lloyd Russell, 97, passed away Thursday morning in the Whispering Oaks nursing facility. Woodrow was born in Milam, Texas to Wallace and Eula Allen Russell. He was a Sargent in the United States Army Air Corp., serving in the European Campaign during World War II. He was also an agent for the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission for the State of Texas, and he was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Geneva, and he was a loving father, brother, grandfather, great grandfather, and great great grandfather.

He is survived by his 3 daughters: Tena White of Lumberton, Linda Pietz and her husband Eric of Littleton, Colorado, and Wanda Waller and her husband Phillip of Livingston, his sister Edna Earl Askew of Shelbyville, his 5 grandchildren, his 14 great grandchildren and his 1 great great grandchild. He is preceded in death by his wife Mary Russell.

Visitation will be at 11:00AM until 2:00PM, Monday, June 15, 2015, in the Starr Funeral Home, 510 Starr St., Hemphill. Funeral services will be at 2:00PM, Monday, June 15, 2015, in the Starr Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Joel Halbert Cemetery in Milam.

Copied from the Starr Funeral Home website
also published in the Sabine County Reporter, June 17, 2015, Page 12

Woodrow married Mary Lou McCary before 1947. Mary (daughter of Muncie Lee "Bill" McCary and Fannie Mae Russell) was born on 6 Apr 1929 in San Augustine County, Texas; died on 4 Oct 2013 in Lumberton, Hardin County, Texas; was buried in Halbert Cemetery (Joel Halbert Cemetery / Fox Hill Cemetery), Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Generation: 2

Wallace Freeman Russell was born on 11 Mar 1884 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 1 Jun 1957 in Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Halbert Cemetery (Joel Halbert Cemetery / Fox Hill Cemetery), Milam, Sabine County, Texas.

Wallace married Eula Mae Allen. Eula was born on 3 Mar 1888 in Texas; died on 28 Apr 1972 in Tyler, Smith County, Texas; was buried in Halbert Cemetery (Joel Halbert Cemetery / Fox Hill Cemetery), Milam, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eula Mae Allen was born on 3 Mar 1888 in Texas; died on 28 Apr 1972 in Tyler, Smith County, Texas; was buried in Halbert Cemetery (Joel Halbert Cemetery / Fox Hill Cemetery), Milam, Sabine County, Texas.

Children:

1. Woodrow Lloyd Russell was born on 4 Jan 1918 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; died on 11 Jun 2015 in Texas; was buried in Halbert Cemetery (Joel Halbert Cemetery / Fox Hill Cemetery), Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
Nobie Jane Russell was born on 9 Jun 1909; died on 4 Apr 1934; was buried in Old Pisgah Cemetery, Belmont, Sabine Parish, Louisiana.
Ruby Lee Russell was born on 9 Aug 1911; died on 8 May 1912; was buried in Halbert Cemetery (Joel Halbert Cemetery / Fox Hill Cemetery), Milam, Sabine County, Texas.
Fannie Mae Russell was born on 17 Oct 1914 in Milam, Sabine County, Texas; died on 22 Mar 2008 in Bossier City, Bossier Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Forest Park East Cemetery, Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana.