Judith “Nell” Billings Russell

Judith “Nell” Billings Russell, 80, passed from this life on Thursday, Janaury 9, 2014, at Riverside Hospital in Alexandria. She enjoyed working crossword puzzles, spending time with her family, decorating her home and loved Christmas time. Services were held at 2 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 11, at East Jena Baptist Church with Rev. Ronnie Tarver officiating. Interment followed in the Taylor Chapel Cemetery of Summerville under direction

of Magnolia Funeral Home of Alexandria. She was preceded in death by her husband, David Glendon Russell; daughters, Janet Leigh Russell McCarty and Sheila Ann Russell Bailey. Survivors include her children, David Steven Russell and wife Sherry of Jena, Belinda Kay Savoy and husband Keith of Eunice, Stacy Marie McQueary and husband Danny of Natchitoches, and Eric Anthony “Tony” Russell and wife Erika of Rosepine; 12  grandchildren; nine great grandchildren; two sisters, Brenda Ford and husband Stanley, and Donna Sue McKinzy; and a brother, Jimmy Billings.