Marlin D. \Ace\"" Russell Obituary (1923 - 2005)

Mr. Marlin D. Ace Russell, 82, of Madisonville, KY, died Friday, November 18, 2005, at 11:29 A.M., at the Western Kentucky Veterans Center in Hanson, KY. \ Born August 26, 1923, in Dixon, KY, he was the son of the late David Dee Russell and Lessye Bell Nall Russell. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Edna Johnson Russell in 1998, and by his second wife, Georgia Jean Russell in 2005. \ He was a retired mechanic for Colonial Mines and a retired construction worker for Union 181 in Evansville, IN. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge #911 in Dixon, VFW Post #5480 and American Legion Post 6 in Madisonville, Rizpah Shriner, lifetime member of the Scottish Rite of Madisonville; Earlington United Methodist Church; UMWA #1142; a Kentucky Colonel; member of the Masonic Sword of Bunker Hill in Evansville. \ Mr. Russell is survived by two daughters, Barbara Jean Chandler of Madisonville and Marilyn Hearing of Jupiter, FL; one sister, Hilda Yates of Dixon; a brother, Frank Russell of Cotton Dale, FL; five grandchildren and four great grandchildren. \ Funeral services will be Sunday, November 20, 2005, at 1:00 P.M., at the Barnett-Strother Funeral Home with Rev. Ronnie Young officiating. Burial will follow in Odd Fellows Cemetery in Clay, KY. \ Visitation will be Saturday, November 19, 2005, from 5:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. and on Sunday from 11:00 A.M. until the service time at the funeral home. \ There will be a Masonic service at 6:30 P.M. Saturday conducted by Dixon Masonic Lodge #911. \ Pallbearers will be Jeff Yates, Tony Yates, David Webb, Jimmy Williams, David Nall, and Jimmy Nall. Honorary pallbearers will be James Rex Alsbrook, Thomas Fuzz Oldham, Shelby Clark and Charles Wallace. \ Memorials may take the form of donations to the Earlington United Methodist Church. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home. \