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Show Mrs. Charlotte Ballard Russell Dies At Home In Hurricane Friday HURRICANE, Utah. After many months of illness from heart trouble, Mrs. Charlotte Ballard Russell died at her home here Friday 'at midnight, Feb. 27. Mrs. Russell was born at Grafton, Utah, April 27, 1872, a daughter of James M. and Susannah Draper Russell. As a young woman she attended school at Rockville and Virgin where her ability as a seamstress became known. It was not uncommon un-common for ladies to travel by horse and buggy from Springdale, Virgin and Rockville to the Grafton Graf-ton home of Lottie Ballard and there engage her to make their dresses. Married Mr. Cannon When 17 years old she was married to William T. Russell by David H. Cannon in the St. George Temple. To them were born two daughters, Frances Lor-etta Lor-etta (the late Mrs. Hannah Isom) and Leone (Mrs. Karl A. McMul-(Continued McMul-(Continued on page eight) Mrs. Russell Funeral (Continued from first page) tin of Hurricane). Mr. Russell died in 1918, one year after he had moved his family to Hurricane. Hurri-cane. Since her husband's death Mrs. Russell has made numberless finely-braided rag rugs and at least 25 hand-pieced quilts of the difficult log cabin star design. Years before Mrs. Russell had entered a log cabin star quilt in the county fair at St. George, where it took first prize. As a consequence many orders from all over the state came to her for a duplicate of the prize-winner. Following the death of her daughter, Mrs. Isom in 1936, Mrs. Russell helped materially in rearing rear-ing the Isom grandchildren . . . the infant son, Francis, was taken into her home and there remained until a week prior to his grandmother's grand-mother's death. Mrs. Russell was a counselor in the Grafton Primary association for 14 years and later became president, which office she held for eight years. Her duties as Sunday school secretary terminated termin-ated after 2CA years of faithful service. Since coming to Hurricane. Hurri-cane. Mrs. Russell has ' hppn an active Relief Society worker and a member of the D. U. P. Survivors Besides Mrs. McMullin, she is survived by 16 ' grandchildren, two of whom are Corporal Stirling Isom and Private First-class Homer Isom are serving their country on the beleagured island of Java in the air force. Other survivors are the following brothers broth-ers and sisters: J. Monroe Bal- , lard, Thatcher Ballard and Lafayette La-fayette Ballard of Hurricane; John Ballard of Idaho Falls; Mrs. Mary Ellen B. Russell and Mrs. Minnie B. Russell of Grafton; Mrs. Rhoda B. Jones, Rockville; Miss Belle Ballard, American Fork; and Mrs. Elizabeth B. Isom, Hurricane. Funeral services were conducted Sunday, Mar. 1st at 4:30 p.m., in the Zion Park stake chapel under the direction of Allan J. Stout, bishop of the Hurricane North ward. Speakers at the services serv-ices were Ben F. LeBaron, Mrs. Augusta Wood and Pres. Claud Hirschi. Prayers were offered by by Robert P. Woodbury and R. D. Adams. Musical numbers included a selection se-lection from the Elizabeth Steel Stapley camp D. U. P. stringed band, "O My Father," and a vocal number from the same women, "When They're Gone We'll Not Forget Them". The grave in the city cemetery was dedicated by Joel Roundy. Many relatives and friends from the neighboring communities at-1 tended the funeral. j |
