Juanita Russell Loftin, age 59, of Pine Ridge Health and Rehabilitation, formerly of Denton died Sunday, August 17 at High Point Regional Hospital. Funeral service for Ms. Loftin will be 4:00 pm Wednesday, August 20 at Chapel Hill United Methodist Church with Rev. Chris Smith and Rev. Claudie Harrison officiating. The family will receive friends following the service. Ms. Loftin was born June 28, 1955 in Randolph County to Wade F. and Myrtle Lanier Russell. She was a 1973 graduate of Denton High School and was a member of Chapel Hill United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Tommy Russell who died in January of 2001. She is survived by one son, Jody Loftin of Denton, one sister, Joyce Parrish of Lexington and one grandson, Ty Loftin. Memorials may be made to Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, 216 West Market Street, Suite B, Greensboro, NC 27401. Briggs Funeral Home is serving the Loftin family .