O B I T U A R Y Mr. Russell Paxton of Greensburg, Kentucky, son of the late Harley Richard Paxton and Mary Francis Wilkerson Paxton, was born on Friday, December 3, 1926 in Green County, Kentucky and departed this life on Monday, December 16, 2019 at the TJ Samson Hospital in Glasgow. He was 93 years and 13 days of age. He had made a profession of faith in Christ and was a member of the Bethlehem Baptist Church. He was retired after 20 years as an auto parts salesman from Burton Auto in Columbia and was a WWII Veteran having served in the United States Army. He was also a member of the American Legion Rod Lowe Post# 124. He united in marriage to Marie Estelle McKinney on December 31, 1949 who preceded him in death on October 4, 2009. Other survivors include a daughter: Wanda Paxton of Greensburg; two granddaughters: Tonya Kerney and her husband, Doug of Glasgow and Angie Suratt of Smiths Grove; six great-grandchildren: Carson, Gracie, Piper, Preslee, Hayden, and Sawyer; a brother and a sister-in-law: Rex and Patsy Kay Paxton of Greensburg; and a host of other relatives and friends. Mr. Paxton was also preceded in death by a son: Danny Paxton; an infant sister: Ermadine Paxton; a sister: Imogene Parson and a brother, Garland Paxton. .............................................. The funeral services for Mr. Russell Paxton will be conducted at 2:00 P.M., Central Time, Sunday, December 22, 2019 at the Cowherd and Parrott Funeral Home with burial to follow in the Bethlehem Cemetery with Bro. Curtis Slinker officiating. Visitation is requested from 10 A.M. until time of the service Sunday at the Cowherd and Parrott Funeral Home. Memorials are suggested to be made to the Bethlehem Cemetery Fund which can be made at the funeral home. For online condolences log onto: www.cowherdandparrott.com or Facebook. PALLBEARERS: Doug Kerney, Mike Judd, Billy Parson, Andrew Parson, Jimmy Todd, Patrick Todd