Dixie Allison EVANS
HAIRSTON.org ID#7838, b. 2 October 1927, d. 27 July 2004
| Father* | William EVANS |
| Mother* | Rebecca HARDY b. Jan 1898, d. 5 Dec 1993 |
| Marriage* | Dixie Allison EVANS married Ernest Everest RUSSELL.1 |
| Birth* | Dixie Allison EVANS was born on 2 October 1927 in Mississippi.1 |
| She was the daughter of William EVANS and Rebecca HARDY. | |
| Death* | Dixie Allison EVANS died on 27 July 2004 at age 76.1 |
| Obituary* | She passed away Tuesday, in Baton Rouge at the home of her son, Dr. William E. Russell. She was born the daughter of William A. and Rebekah Hardy Evans of Sunny Side Plantation, Monroe County, Miss. Her paternal grandparents were James E. and Emmie Young Evans of Sunny Side Plantation. Her maternal grandparents were Edward Griffin and Rebekah Allison Hardy of Rosehill Plantation, Lowndes County, Miss. She graduated from the Aberdeen high school system and took a bachelor's degree in English and speech at Mississippi University for Women, where she was an announcer on the college radio station. In 1949, she married Ernest Everett Russell. She worked in the department of geology and geography at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville and taught in the public school system in Tennessee while her husband was in graduate school. She lived in Starkville, Miss., for more than 50 years, where she served as a substitute teacher and was active in youth activities in the Starkville Public School System while her boys were in school. Later, she was an editor for the Curriculum Lab at Mississippi State University. She is survived by her husband and three sons.1 |
Family | Ernest Everest RUSSELL b. 15 Apr 1923, d. 6 Oct 2013 |
Sources (www.HAIRSTON.org)
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| Last Edited | 5 Sep 2020 |