RUSSELL - Robert Eldridge, residence Carrollton, died Friday. Survived by wife, Mrs. Minnie Russell; five sons, E. L., Clyde, Leon and Jerald, all of Carrollton; Newton Russell, Duncanville; three daughters, Mrs. Lyndell Ward, Dallas; Mrs. Myrtle Harwell, Carrollton; Mrs. Gladys Pelt, Dallas. Services Sunday, 2 p.m., Carrollton First Baptist Church, Rev. Gene Moore and Rev. Eugene McClung officiating. Interment Parris [Perry] Cemetery, Carrollton. Arrangements Rhoton Funeral Home, Carrolton

The Dallas Morning News - December 20, 1947
Submitted Edward Lynn Williams

Services Held for Robert E. Russell
Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 p.m. in the First Baptist Church for Mr. Robert Eldridge Russell, 64, who died Friday. The Rev. E. J. McClung assisted by the Rev. Robert Ridley, conducted the services.  Burial was in Carrollton Cemetery.
Surviving him are his wife, Mrs. Minnie Lee Russell; five sons, E. L., Clyde, Leon, Jerald and Newton Russell; three daughters, Mrs. Lyndell Ward of Dallas, Mrs. Myrtle Harwell, Carr and and Mrs. Gladys Pelt, of Dallas; ten grand-children and three great-grand children

Card of Thanks
We wish to thank our many friends for their beautiful floral offerings and kindness shown us in the passing of our beloved husband and father.

Mrs. Minnie Russell, and Family.

The Carrollton Chronicle, Friday, December 26, 1947
Submitted Edward Lynn Williams

Perry Cemetery, Carrollton, Dallas County, Texas