Lynn Russell

FROM THE BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF PRIITIVE OR OLD SCHOOL BAPTIST MINISTERS BY DAVID MONTGOMERY AND MARK GREEN: ELDER LYNN and SISTER FAYE RUSSELL Born August 18, 1936 at Abilene, Texas, the only living child of Claude and Oma Russell. I was raised in a loving, Godly home and carried to church all my childhood. I have loved the Lord as long as I can remember and would pray over my sins as a child. I remember an old elder, laying his hand on my head and saying that I would be a preacher. He knew it before I did! At seventeen, I joined the church on Sunday at the West Texas Association at Anton as a member for the Muleshoe Church. I was baptized by Elder E. J. Norman in the baptistry at Anton. I still remember that happy day! In 1964, I married Faye Foutch, a P. B. from Smithville, TN. Faye is a wonderful blessing and drives us many miles since I became legally blind in 1988. It was my happy privilege to baptize our sons Tim and Dan and see them active in church. My ordination was at Mt. View P. B. Church, Smithville, TN on October 30, 1971. I have pastored Goshen Church at Linden, TN and currently pastor West Fifth St. P. B. Church in Dickson, TN. I have found a rich blessing in the love that is manifested among all true Primitive Baptists. Obituary: Lynn Harold Russell passed away on July 12, 2016. Elder Lynn H. Russell, age 79, a resident of Columbia, passed away Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at Morning Pointe of Franklin. A graveside service was held on Saturday at 4PM at DeKalb County Memorial Gardens in Smithville, Tennessee with Elder Doyle Hurst officiating along with military honors provided by the United States Navy. Born on August 18, 1936 in Abilene, Texas, Lynn was the son of the late Claude Russell and the late Oma Kelley Russell and husband of the late Helen Faye Foutch Russell. He was a Primitive Baptist minister, the owner of Russell’s TV Repair in Columbia and a Navy veteran. He learned his electronic repair trade in the Navy. Lynn enjoyed traveling with his wife to church meetings, pastoring, and singing. He loved his family and his church family. He is survived by his sons: Timothy “Tim” L. (Patti) Russell of Chattanooga, Tennessee and Daniel “Dan” C. (Lisa) Russell of Columbia, Tennessee; grandchildren: Josiah, Esther, Ruth, and Abigail Russell; and a soon to arrive grandson, Samuel. In addition to his parents and wife, he was preceeded in death by his infant brother.