Lucille Christian Russell

Mount Carmel- Elsie Lucille Russell, 88, of Mount Carmel, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center following a brief illness. She was a lifelong resident of Hawkins County. Lucille loved to attend the Mount Carmel Senior Center. She also loved her flowers and really enjoyed clogging and square-dancing. She was preceded in death by her husband, George Lloyd Russell; daughters, Sheila Hawkins and Sarah Glynn Hood; parents, Oscar Ray Christian and Mary Elsie Collins Christian; brothers, Jim and Bill Christian; sisters, Anna May, Bonnie, Bet, Ester, and Gladolia. Lucille Russell is survived by her daughters, Mary Leamon and husband, Jim, Sandy Fletcher and husband, Terry, Babe Lynn Belcher; 10 grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren and 7 great-great grandchildren; a brother , Claude Ray Christian along with several nieces and nephews. Calling hours will be held on Friday (May 6, 2016) from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Carter-Trent Funeral Home in Church Hill or friends may also call anytime at the residence of the daughter, Mary Leamon. A funeral service will be conducted on Friday (May 6, 2016) at 12 noon in the funeral home chapel with Pastor Andy Sensabaugh, officiating. A graveside service will follow the funeral on Friday (May 6, 2016) at Church Hill Memory Gardens with grandsons and family serving as pallbearers. Carter-Trent Funeral Home in Church Hill is serving the Russell family.