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Russell
D. Carson, 78, of Rush Hill, died at 12:30 p.m. Monday November 24,
2003, at his home in Rush Hill.
Funeral
services will be held Wednesday November 26, 2003, at
1 p.m. at Pickering Funeral Home with the Rev. Randall Sawyer
officiating. Visitation will be today from 6 – 8 p.m. Burial will be
in Elmwood Cemetery in Mexico.
Russell
worked as a kiln fireman at National Refractories for 39˝ years
retiring in 1990. He was an avid pool player and played often at the
Senior Center in Mexico.
Mr.
Carson was born July 27, 1925, in Lexington, Missouri, a son of Romeo
and Goldie (Whetlot) Carson. On October 22, 1946, in Mexico, he married
Helen B. Claywell, who survives.
In
addition to his wife he is survived by 4 sons, Jerry Carson, Rush Hill,
Daniel Carson and his companion Barbara Hycz, Mexico, Jeremiah
“Bill” Carson, Kansas City, and Larry Carson, Thompson; two
daughters, Phyllis Harre, Moberly, and Helen Rench and her husband Dean,
Augusta, Ga., 11 grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren.
He
was preceded in death by his parents, one infant brother, James Carson,
and a son, Russell “Rocky” Carson.
Memorials
may be given to Mexico Senior Nutrition Center or the American Cancer
Society. They may be sent in care of Pickering Funeral Home, 403 N.
Western, Mexico, MO 65265.
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When
I come to the end of the day
And the sun has set for me
I want no rites in a gloom-filled room.
Why cry for a soul set free?
Miss me a little, but not too long
And not with your head bowed low.
Remember the love that we once shared-
Miss me, but let me go.
For this is a journey we
all must take
And each must go alone.
It’s all a part of the Maker’s plan,
A step on the road to home.
When you are lonely and
sick at heart
Go to the friends we know
And bury your sorrows in doing good deeds-
Miss me, but let me go.
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