Bobbie Lee Russell

June 7, 1945 - March 1, 2015

A funeral service for Bobbie Lee Russell, age 69, is scheduled for 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 3, 2015 in Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Tommy Mabry officiating. Interment will be in Salem Cemetery under the direction of Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home in Rusk. Mr. Russell passed away March 1, 2015 in a Houston hospital. He was born June 7, 1945 in Jacksonville, TX to the late Robert Lee and Helen King Russell. Mr. Russell’s hobbies were keeping up with his children and grandchildren and fishing. He was preceded in death by his parents. Survivors include a son, Tim Russell and his wife Jana and their children, Macey and Bailee, daughter, Tami Gilley and her husband Randy Gilley, their children and spouses, grandson, Christopher Scott, his wife Amanda and their daughter, Hallie, granddaughter, Amanda Briggs, her husband Kennon and their son Carter, granddaughter, Danielle Whitaker and her husband Zack, youngest grandson, Brayden Gilley, brothers, sisters and their spouses, Jean Bates and her husband Jimmy, Gary Russell and his wife Carolyn, Peggy Phillips and her husband Clyde, Larry Russell and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will include Jason Russell, Justin Russell, Mark Bates, Jimmy Thompson, Zack Whitaker and Kennon Briggs. Honorary pallbearers will be Jimmy Bates, Clyde Phillips, Ronnie Norton and Jerry Don Norton. Visitation will be from 2:00 p.m. up until service time, Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers please make donations to St. Luke's Foundation, 1213 Hermann Drive, Suite 855, Houston, TX 77004. Checks can be mailed to this address or for credit card donations call 832-355-6822. You may also visit their website at Supportst.lukes.org.