Betty M. Russell, loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother, 92, of Gautier, Mississippi, passed peacefully April 24, 2025, at Lighthouse Memory Care of Ocean Springs, Mississippi.

 

She was born August 10, 1932, the daughter of John R. Henning and Ruby L. Henning.

She married Dale L. Russell on August 28, 1948, in La Harpe, Kansas.

 

Dale and Betty raised Black Angus cattle on the farm they shared and worked for 62 years.

She was a member of the Mount Orum Baptist Church. Her faith, family and home were her passion.

 

She is survived by her daughter, Peggy Drake and husband Bill of Gautier, Mississippi; two granddaughter’s, Dalene Chermok and husband Daniel of Fruita, Colorado, Billie Shindler and WJ of Gautier, Mississippi; great-granddaughter Kalene Stark and husband Westley of Fruita, Colorado; great-grandson Jacob Chermok and wife Megan of Grand Junction, Colorado, and great-great-granddaughter Oakley Chermok. She is also survived by one brother, Jim Henning, of Fort Scott, and one sister, Ruby P. Burns, of Douglas, Kansas, and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dale Russell, her parents, one brother, Earl Henning, and one sister, Nina McCullen.

 

Graveside services will be at 2:00 p.m. at the Evergreen Cemetery with Rev. Tom Bevard, Pastor of the Mt. Orum Baptist Church will Officiate on April 30. The family will receive friends at the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home from 12:30 and 1:30 pm Wednesday before heading to the Cemetery.