GRAND PRAIRIE -- Martha Campbell Russell passed from this life on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012.
Born Dec. 12, 1927, to Thomas Mitchell Campbell and Etta Wallace Owens of Blooming Grove, Martha settled with her husband Tommy in Grand Prairie in 1949. There they raised three daughters while Martha worked as a legal secretary in Grand Prairie and Dallas. Martha was preceded in death by her parents; her five siblings; and her husband, Thomas Russell.
She will always be remembered for her generosity and for giving feisty, tart-tongued women a good name.
Survivors: Her daughters, Gail Pack of McKinney, Susan Smith of Grand Prairie and Elaine Oppenheimer of Krum; grandchildren, Robert Smith and his wife, Lisa, Keri Pack and Michael Herring; great-grandchildren, Hunter Smith and Paige Green; and many nieces and nephews. Visitation: for family and friends will be 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Bean Massey Burge, 733 Dalworth St., Grand Prairie, Texas. Graveside service: Private.