Carolyn Russell

Funeral services for Carolyn Russell, 74 of Giddings, are scheduled for 10 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 29, 2016 at Martin Luther Lutheran Church in Giddings with Rev. Jeremy Walloch officiating. Burial will follow in the St. John Lutheran Cemetery in Dime Box. Lydia Carolyn (Schultz) Russell was born on Nov. 16, 1941 in the Birch Community in Burleson County, the daughter of Edward and Lydia Schultz. She graduated from Somerville High School and attended college in Houston. Carolyn married Lloyd Russell on August 12, 1961 in Somerville. Carolyn passed away the morning of Monday, January 25, 2016 at the Heart Hospital of Austin. Carolyn is survived by her husband, Lloyd Russell of Giddings; her son and daughter-in-law, Wesley and Sharon Russell of Dime Box; her daughter, Kimberly Russell of Hutto; three grandchildren, Justin Pinkard of Kingsbury, Jeffrey Pinkard of Giddings and John Russell of Dime Box; two great-grandchildren, Nila Pinkard and Trent Pinkard both of Round Rock; brother-in-law, Douglas Wood of Ledbetter, as well as several nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Phillips and Luckey Funeral Home in Giddings is in charge of arrangements.