David Russell, 48, of Nederland died Monday, January 23, 2006 at The Medical Center of Southeast Texas in Port Arthur.
Funeral services will be 2:00 PM Friday, January 27, 2006 at Hillcrest Baptist Church in Nederland with Rev. Carl Durden, and Dr. David Higgs officiating. Interment will follow at Oak Bluff Memorial Park in Port Neches under the direction of Broussard’s in Nederland. A gathering of family and friends will be from 5 to 8 PM Thursday at the mortuary.
David was a native of Beaumont and lived all of his life in Nederland. David was a former employee of Gulf Oil in Port Arthur and was currently a student at Lamar University in Beaumont.
David was preceded in death by his father, John L. Russell, and brother, Doug Russell. He is survived by his mother, Joyce Russell of Nederland; one sister, Deanne Russell Tanner and husband Kent of Nederland; one niece, Morgan Tanner of Nederland; his aunts, Kate Russell of Beaumont, Catherine Gorski of Beaumont, Eleanor Pruitt of Dallas, Bill Russell and wife Yoka of Leander, and Dot Beakes Lewis of California; also David leaves behind a host of cousins and friends.
