Billy F. Russell, 85, of Quinlan passed away September 22, 2014 at Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas. Services will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home chapel with Mr. Frank Morgan officiating. Interment will follow at Memoryland Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 1:00 PM Saturday until service time at the funeral home.
Born September 9, 1929 in Emory, Billy was the son of A. P. and Lillian Sanford Russell. On December 24, 1951 in Greenville, he married Helen Dickson. In 1946, he graduated from Emory High School as valedictorian. In 1947, he began working for First Greenville National Bank that later became Interfirst Bank where he retired as a vice-president and cashier in 1985. He was a member of Johnson Street Church of Christ for over 50 years where he served as a deacon.
His survivors include his wife, Helen, of Quinlan; sons Mark Russell of Quinlan and David Russell and wife, Kathy of Colorado Springs, Colorado; grandson Travis Russell of Colorado Springs; brother Phillip Russell of Emory; sisters Louise Moser of Quinlan, Helen Gaston of Emory, Ruth Myers of Greenville and Kathy Weatherford of Emory; brothers-in-law Don Dickson and wife, Wendy of Richmond, Virginia and Joe Lemons of Arlington; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Jerry Russell.
Coburn Moser, Rick Easley, Brent Moser, James Evans, Farrell Nalls and Lynn Hudson will serve as pallbearers.