Obituaries

Receiving of friends and relatives will be from 10:00 A.M. to 11:30 A.M. on Saturday, August 1, 2026, at Memorial Funeral Home.  Funeral services will be held at 11:30 A.M. with Rev. Frank Helton and Rev. Ralph Patton officiating.  Burial will follow at 1:00 P.M. at Sherwood Memorial Gardens.  Flowers are accepted and can be sent to Memorial Funeral Home at 1102 Big Springs Road, Maryville, TN 37801. Donations, in memory of Mary Ruth Russell, may be sent to: CHRISTIAN APPALACHIAN PROJECT, 487 Ponderosa Drive, Paintsville, Kentucky 41240. ChristianApp.org, or (phone: 1-866-270-4227).