Charley Russell - Stilwell Democrat Journal - November 15, 1984
Charley Francis Russell, 88-year-old Westville resident, died Tuesday, November 6, at W. W. Hastings Hospital in Tahlequah.
Russell, born July 27, 1896 in Ballard, Indian Territory, was a retired farmer and rancher. He was a former secretary of the Adair County Farm Bureau. He was a member of the Baptist Church. He was a U. S. Army veteran of World War I.
Survivors include: his wife, Mrs. Minnie Woods Russell of the home; two sons, Charles C. Russell, Washington, D. C. and Gene E. Russell, Pittsburg, Kansas; four grandchildren; two great grandchildren; and three sisters, Irene Russell Palone and Kate Russell Morris, both of Pryor, and Frankie Russell Maples, Siloam Springs, Arkansas.