Edna Blackwell Adams Russell

Funeral Service for Edna is at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, September 27th; 2023 Keener Baptist Church. Visitation will be held beginning at 1:00 PM Wednesday prior to the service. Mrs. Russell passed away peacefully Friday morning surrounded by family.

Edna was born on March 19, 1933, to Gumbo and Esther Blackwell, in the Tabor Community in Alabama. She grew up in the Black Creek Community on Lookout Mountain and attended Etowah High School where she met and married Jack Adams of Keener, Alabama. Over the next 23 years, she supported him, raised three children, and built a loving home for their family, until his death. In 1977 Edna met and married Denvard L. Russell of Attalla, Alabama. They spent much time traveling, gardening, and getting into many different projects around their home. During that time she was also the proprietor of D’Loyds Gift Shop in downtown Attalla selling many All God’s Children figurines and surviving the Beanie Baby craze of the 90’s. She was a devoted and loving mother and a wonderful MawMaw. She knew and loved Jesus Christ as her savior, and her life was a reflection of that. Her legacy lives on in the lives of her family whom she loved and poured into throughout the years and who will dearly miss her.

She was a member of Keener Baptist Church and First Baptist Church of Attalla. She was preceded in death by her husbands Jack Adams and Denvard L. Russell; her parents Gumbo and Esther Blackwell; her brother Dr. Jack Blackwell; and her sisters Lorene Gladden, Leola Nelson, Iva Mae Blackwell, Eva Fay Blackwell, and Agnes Reeves. She was also preceded in death by her youngest son Johnny Wayne Adams. She is survived by her brother Larry (Sandra) Blackwell; her sisters Hazel Chandler, Carolyn Shankles, and Marolyn Cochran; and sister-in-law Alvatine Blackwell; her daughter Jackie (Roy) Farley, her son Dale (Debbie) Adams, and her chosen son Jim (Dinah) Russell; as well as her grandchildren Holly (Thad) Bennett, Heath (Bobbie) Farley, Tyler (Abby) Adams, Abby (Derek) Hodges, Angie (Brian) Davis. Tina (Alan) Jones, Jason (Joy) Russell, Scott (Belinda) Russell and 16 great grandchildren.

Pallbearers are Tyler Adams, Heath Farley, Mason Farley, Blayton Farley, Bodie Bennett, Peyton Adams, Jack Henry Adams, Jordan Davis and Stephen Hodges.

The family wishes to thank all the caregivers at Oak Landing and Gentiva Hospice for their loving and gentle kindness to Edna. We would also like to give a special thank you to Selina, Rosie, Sheryl, Lauren and Christy who have been there for Enda as special caregivers.

The family will accept flowers or donations to Greenwood Cemetery Fund c/o Danny Lankford 8264 US Hwy 11 N. Attalla, AL 35954