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Submitted: 7/8/11 • Approved: 7/8/11 • Last Updated: 8/7/12 • R559205-G195263-S3
Russell
Birth: 8 Feb 1912
Death: 1 Aug 1982
The Baxter Bulletin, Mountain Home, Arkansas
Russell Wilson Hand, 70 a native of Baxter County and a former resident of Mountain Home, died Aug 1 in Springfield, Mo. Funeral services were at the Robertson Funeral Home Chapel in West Plains, Mo., and burial was Aug 4 in the Hand Cemetery near the Jordan Community.
Mr Hand was born Feb. 8, 1912 in Hand, the son of Minnie Ernestine Russell Hand and General Hardy Hand. He married Bessie Hicks Hand Jan 19, 1930. Mr Hand was farmer and employee of the Brown Shoe Co., in West Plains before his retirement. A Baptist, Mr Hand had been residing in West Plains prior to his death.
Mr Hand is survived by his wife of the home, a daughter and a son, Mrs Earl Harris and Glen Hand, both of West Plains: Two brothers, Henry A. Hand of Raytown, Mo., and Ernest Hand of West Plains; three sisters, Esther Hall of West Plains, Pearl Isenhof of Grand Rapids, Mich., and Judy Laber of Parkville, Mo.; a cousin, Mrs Virgil Langston of Mountain Home; three grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by his parents, one daughter, and four brothers.
Bessie
Birth: 9 Jul 1012
Death: 25 Sep 2006
Contributed on 7/8/11 by richellev
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