Russell, Mary Belle Benson 
  	
MARSHALL -- Graveside services for Mary Belle Benson Russell, 
79, of Harleton, will be 2 p.m. today, March 4, 2007, at 
Colonial Gardens Cemetery with the Rev. Don Dyess and the Rev, 
Mike Brittain officiating. Arrangements are under the 
direction of Sullivan-Heaster Funeral Home. Mrs. Russell died 
March 2, 2007, in Longview. Mrs. Russell was born May 9, 1927, 
in Harrison County to Barbara Ann Coon Benson and Paul Benson. 
Mrs. Russell married Robert E. Russell in 1968. She was an 
assembly line worker for Thiokol Corporation for many years. 
She attended Harleton public schools. Mrs. Russell was a 
Baptist. She loved her family and will be missed by all who 
knew her. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert E. 
Russell; an infant sister; parents, Paul and Barbara Ann Coon 
Benson; and stepmother, Elsie Benson. Survivors include her 
sisters and brothers-in-law, Carolyn and Jerry Don Jones and 
Elaine and Raymond Williams; brothers and sisters-in-law, 
Richard L. Benson and friend, Faye Daniel, Roger P. and Margie 
Benson, Ray H. and Rebecca Benson, and James R. Benson and 
friend, Anita Sayer; nieces and nephews, Skipper Benson, Denise 
Benson, Kelly Benson, Vicky Arrowood, Stacy Watson, Mark Benson, 
Matt Benson, Kimberly Wiedeman, Jerry D. Jones, Robbie Benson, 
Michael Benson, Hollye Dutton and Brooke Akin. Honorary 
pallbearers will be Skipper Benson, Mark Benson, Matt Benson, 
Jerry D. Jones, Robbie Benson, Michael Benson and Kelly Benson. 
Online condolences may be made at www.sullivanheasterfuneralhome.com

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 3/4/2007.