Treasured Seasons

For everything there is
   an appointed season.
And a time for everything
   under heaven -
A time for sharing;
   a time for caring.
A time for loving;
   a time for giving.
A time for remembering;
   a time for parting.
You have made everything
   beautiful in its time
For everything You do
   remains forever.

   Peyton T. Russell, 85, of Mexico, died at 8:47 p.m. Monday, Dec. 8, 2003, at Audrain Medical Center in Mexico.

   Funeral services will be held on Thursday, Dec. 11 at 10:30 a.m. at Pickering Funeral Home with the Rev. Paul Young officiating. Visitation will be on Thursday from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the service at the funeral home. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery.

Mr. Russell was born on July 24, 1918, in Graves County, Kentucky, the son of John Wesley and Annie Orine Davis Russell. He graduated from Murray State Teachers College, Murray, Ky., in 1940. On Oct. 8, 1949, in Jefferson City, he married Mildred Geary who survives at the home. He worked in Inventory Control for A.P. Green Company for 37 years, retiring in 1983.

Mr. Russell served in the US Army during World War II and retired from the Missouri Army National Guard in 1970 as a Lt. Colonel. He served as Battalion Commander in Mexico from 1963 until 1970.

In addition to his wife, survivors include a son, David G. Russell and his wife, Maribeth, Russellville; a sister, Martha McIntosh, Murray, Ky.; a niece, Sally McIntosh, Murray, Ky.; and three grandchildren.

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