Glenna B. Russell of Pauls Valley was born to Hugh and Myrtie J Beaty. She passed away January 29, 2010 in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma at the age of 93 years.
Glenna Beaty and Edgar Hal Russell were married in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma on October 3, 1934. She attended the schools at Beaty and Whitebead and furthered her education at East Central College (later a University) in Ada, and the University of Oklahoma in Norman.
Glenna earned her Master’s in Education and was a School Teacher in the Beaty School and the Pauls Valley Schools for a total of 43 years.
Glenna loved teaching, but other activities that she enjoyed included house work and yard work, sewing and playing Bridge and greatly enjoyed her church activities at the First Baptist Church of Pauls Valley where she was a member.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Hugh and Myrtie J. Beaty; and her husband, Edgar Hal Russell.
Surviving family include her daughter and son-in-law, Cynthia Ann and Dr. Nathan Cope, her grandson, Haldavid Cope, all of Gulf Breeze, Florida; and her sister, Junelle Spence, of Paoli.
Funeral services were held Monday, February 1, 2010 at 2 p.m. at Stufflebean Chapel of Remembrance officiated by Dr. Joe Elam. Interment will be at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Interment and professional services are under the direction of Stufflebean-Coffey Funeral Home. Notes of Remembrance and/or Condolences may be sent to the family at www.stufflebeanfuneralhome.com.
