Charlotte Semones Russell

Mrs. Charlotte Semones Russell, 87, of Union City died Monday, Oct. 9, 2017, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City.
Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Friday at First Baptist Church in Union City. Dr. Cecil Sewell will officiate. Burial will follow in East View Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Red Reese, Mark Ward, Bill Flood, Barry Duncan, Donnie Cox and Jim Towater.
Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Lael-Ruth Sunday School Class of First Baptist Church.
The family will receive visitors from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. Friday at the church.
The family requests memorials be sent to: First Baptist Church, 500 East Church St., Union City, TN 38261.
Mrs. Russell was born on March 3, 1930, in Union City, daughter of the late John and Alice (Nash) Semones Jr. She married Paul Houston Russell Feb. 23, 1947. He survives.
She started her 33 years of banking with the former Old & Third National Bank and later with the former Union City First Federal Savings and Loan.
She was a member of First Baptist Church in Union City, where she was very active, serving on the Finance, Personnel, and Pastor Search committees, and was a member of the Lael-Ruth Sunday School Class. She was also a life member of the Union City Women’s Tennis League.
She is also survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Stephen and Carole Russell of Union City.
She was also preceded in death by her two sons, Stephen Frederick Russell and William Phillip Russell; her twin brother, Hal Semones; and a sister, Helen Semones.
Condolences may be sent to the family at the funeral home website: www.white-ranson.com.
Published 10.11.17