Mossie Mae Russell

Mossie Mae Mayes Russell passed away November 19, 2014. She was a member of Salem Baptist Church and a loving wife to Rev. Irby Esco Russell for 72 years. She was a retired inspector for several Knoxville textile companies. She was preceded in death by husband Rev. Irby Russell, parents Vonnie and Hassie Mayes, son Arlin Mayes, brothers Ballard, Jim, Garlin, and Walter Mayes, sisters Clovia Mayes, Lurlie Barker, Doris Munsey, Estelle Walker, and Lorene Mayes. Survivors include children Patricia Russell Fisher and husband Bruce, daughter-in-law Carolyn Mayes, grandchildren Michael, Karen, and Douglas Mayes, and Faith and Russell Fisher, great grandchildren Elliot Grace and Benjamin Fisher Halpern, and sister Wanda Simmons and husband Coy. Pallbearers will be grandsons and nephews. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Salem Baptist Church Building Fund, 8201 Hill Road, Knoxville, TN 37938, (865) 922-3400 or the American Heart Association, PO Box 840692, Dallas, TX 75284. The family will receive friends 1-2:30 PM Saturday. Funeral service will follow 2:30 Saturday at Mynatt Funeral Home Fountain City Chapel with Rev. John Holland, Rev. Jackie Day, and Rev. Allen James officiating. Family and friends will then proceed to Lynnhurst Cemetery for entombment.