This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Evans Russell Fields Carmichael Williams Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Cl.2ADI/958 Message Board Post: The graveside service for William Florian Russell will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Eagle Point National Cemetery. The Rev. V. Lee Gregory of Medford Neighborhood Church will officiate. Mr. Russell, 74, of Medford, Oregon, died Friday, January 18, 2002 at Providence Medford Medical Center. He was born August 12, 1927, in Wayne County, Iowa, a son of William and Minnie Russell. On July 6, 1946, in Des Moines, Iowa, he married Betty Evans, who survives. They moved to the Rogue Valley in December 2001 from Palo Cedro, Calif. Mr. Russell was a general superintendent at Cal-Russ, a concrete construction company in La Habra, Calif., where he worked for 30 years. He retired in 1990. He served in the Merchant Marine during World War II. Mr. Russell was a member of the Carpenters Union and the American Legion. He was a member of the Southern California King Pigeon Club and Bay Area King Pigeon Club. He raised fancy pigeons and showed them at nationwide pigeon shows. Mr. Russell enjoyed spending time with his family, gardening and reading. Survivors, in addition to his wife, include three sons, Charles E., Medford, William G., Moreno Valley, Calif., and Mark R., Dana Point, Calif.; a daughter, Linda M. Fields, Medford; two brothers, Norman E., Red Bluff, Calif., and Richard L., Anaheim, Calif.; two sisters, Marie Carmichael, Perris, Calif., and Noma Williams, Red Bluff, Calif.; six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a granddaughter, a brother and four sisters. Arrangements: Rogue Valley Funeral Alternatives and Crematory.