Services held for barber Edward Russell
The Dallas Morning
News - Friday, April 27, 2001
Author: From
Staff Reports
Edward Lewis Russell, a longtime barber shop
operator in Old Downtown Carrollton, died April 19
at his home after a five-year battle with cancer. He
was 74.
He was born April 28, 1926, in Coppell. For 35 years, Mr. Russell owned Ed's Clip Joint on the north side of the square where, as an informal community tradition, many fathers had taken sons and grandsons for their first haircuts.
He was a vocal advocate for Old Downtown, and he and his tiny motorized car were a popular feature of Carrollton parades for many years.
Former Carrollton Mayor Milburn Gravley , who once operated a family hardware store a few doors away from Mr. Russell's barber shop, said Mr. Russell was a caring man. "He cared about his neighbors and about his neighbors in business, especially those of us on the square," Mr. Gravley said.
"Most of all he cared about his family. Seldom could you go in his shop that Ed would not have a picture to show or a story to share about someone in his family.
"He was a good man to me and my family, and we will miss him."
Mr. Russell is survived by his wife, Billie; a son Eddie Russell of Plano; two daughters, Debbie Wilson of Dallas and Kim Scott of Carrollton; a sister, Juanita Hollis; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were Saturday at Rhoton Funeral Home in Carrollton, and burial was in Hilltop Memorial Park.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Paul Hospice.
He was born April 28, 1926, in Coppell. For 35 years, Mr. Russell owned Ed's Clip Joint on the north side of the square where, as an informal community tradition, many fathers had taken sons and grandsons for their first haircuts.
He was a vocal advocate for Old Downtown, and he and his tiny motorized car were a popular feature of Carrollton parades for many years.
Former Carrollton Mayor Milburn Gravley , who once operated a family hardware store a few doors away from Mr. Russell's barber shop, said Mr. Russell was a caring man. "He cared about his neighbors and about his neighbors in business, especially those of us on the square," Mr. Gravley said.
"Most of all he cared about his family. Seldom could you go in his shop that Ed would not have a picture to show or a story to share about someone in his family.
"He was a good man to me and my family, and we will miss him."
Mr. Russell is survived by his wife, Billie; a son Eddie Russell of Plano; two daughters, Debbie Wilson of Dallas and Kim Scott of Carrollton; a sister, Juanita Hollis; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were Saturday at Rhoton Funeral Home in Carrollton, and burial was in Hilltop Memorial Park.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Paul Hospice.
