Robert Clay Russell, Sr.

Mr. Robert Clay Russell, Sr., 86, died Wednesday, January 26, 2022, at Baptist Memorial Hospital – North Mississippi. A graveside service will be held Sunday, January 30, 2022, at 2:00 P.M. at Bellevue Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Dennis Rasche officiating. Visitation will be held prior to the service from 12:00 noon until 1:30 P.M. in West Hall of Waller Funeral Home.

Mr. Russell was born in Pontotoc County, MS to the late Edgar Clay and Lillian Cole Russell. Mr. Russell was a graduate of The University of Mississippi. He retired from the Army where he served as a Master Sergeant during the Korean War. Mr. Russell retired from the University of Mississippi where he worked as Assistant Director of the Physical Plant Department. An avid real estate investor, Mr. Russell looked for land he could work and raise cattle on. He was most at home when he was working his cattle in a grassy pasture. In addition to his parents, Mr. Russell was preceded in death by a grandchild, Jordan Cavnor.

Mr. Russell is survived by two daughters, Kim Rasche and her husband, Dennis of Germantown, TN and Gaye Bukur and her husband, Jim of Oxford, MS; two sons, Sans Russell and his wife, Sibby of Madison, MS and Robert Russell of Olive Branch, MS; ten grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Expressions of sympathy or memorial contributions in Mr. Russell’s memory may be made to Bellevue Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, c/o Tim Williams, 1991 Hunter Road, Thaxton, MS 38871.