Thelma Russell

Miss Thelma Della Russell age 100 of Flat Swamp Road, Denton, NC died Wednesday, June 23 at Hinkle Hospice House in Lexington. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday, June 26 at First Baptist Church conducted by Rev. Vern Peterson. Burial will follow in the Church Cemetery. Miss Russell was born December 20, 1909 in Davidson County to James Elias Russell and Texie Daniel Russell. She was an active member of First Baptist Church where she had been a member of the choir and the WMU as member of the Blanche Roach Circle. She was the last surviving charter member of the Denton Chapter # 216 Order of the Eastern Star. She had worked many years as an office manager and bookkeeper in the Hosiery Manufacturing Industry having last worked at Denton Hosiery Mills. She was preceded in death by brothers, Robert Russell, Otis Russell and Charlie Cicero Russell and by sisters Hazel Kearns and Anita Shaw. She is survived by a sister Vivian R Penry of High Point and by a number of Nieces and Nephews. The family will see friends from 6:00 to 8:00 PM Friday at Briggs Funeral Home and other times at the residence on Flat Swamp Road. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church PO Box 515, Denton, NC; Hospice of Davidson County 200 Hospice Way, Lexington, NC 27292 or the Donor’s Choice