Elizabeth ATKINSON^{[1, 2]}

1916 - 2013  (97 years)

• Name	Elizabeth ATKINSON  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Birth	1916	Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina
  Gender	Female
  HIST	of Sumter, South Carolina Is Elizabeth Russell Atkinson in the correct place? She is the great-grandmother of Jennifer Renee Watts? jkh of Sumter, South Carolina Elizabeth R. Atkinson Elizabeth Atkinson Russell Atkinson, 97, died Monday, Aug. 12, 2013, at National Healthcare Center. Born in Sumter, she was a daughter of the late James Thomas and Mary Juanita Scaffe Atkinson. Mrs. Atkinson was a member of Southside Baptist Church, the Woodmen of the World, the Golden Age Club, the Woodlawn Extension Club and the Shepherd’s Center. She was a retired licensed practical nurse at Shaw Air Force Base. Mrs. Atkinson was first married to the late Cecil Russell and then later to the late Lorin Atkinson. Surviving are three sons, Jimmy Russell (Marilyn), John Allen “Toad” Russell (Mary) and Billy Joe “B.J.” (Renay), all of Sumter; 15 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; 18 great-great-grandchildren; two nieces, Betty Steele and Betty Watts; and one nephew, Kenny Lee. She was preceded in death by one sister, Pearl Lee; two brothers, Mack and Charlton Atkinson; one grandchild; and five great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday in the Chapel of Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home with the Rev. Tommy Atkinson officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery. Pallbearers will be Adam Russell, Len Taylor, James “Jimbo” Russell, Wayne Rodgers, Jim Miller and Tommy Watts. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and other times at the home of her son, John Allen Russell, 424 Robbins Ave. Memorials may be made to Southside Baptist Church, 1116 Manning Road, Sumter, SC 29150. Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals.com. Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386. Posted in Obituaries on Wednesday, August 14, 2013  [1, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  _UID	4EFE420F9B37426C9C206D436F6FB3758FA3
  Death	12 Aug 2013	National Healthcare Center, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina
  Burial	15 Aug 2013	Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina   [6]
  	Elmore-Hill-McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, Sumter, South Carolina
  Person ID	I80569	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	12 Jun 2024

  
  

  Father	James Thomas ATKINSON   d. Bef 12 Aug 2013
  Mother	Mary Juanita SCAFFE   d. Bef 12 Aug 2013
  _UID	013C33C4E97643F39689929C0F29018EDDA7
  _UID	013C33C4E97643F39689929C0F29018EDDA7
  Family ID	F192922	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Cecil RUSSELL   d. Bef 3 Aug 2002
  _UID	F11005E963434DC6BE213D6CE98841A08257
  _UID	F11005E963434DC6BE213D6CE98841A08257
  Children	1. John Allen “Toad” RUSSELL,   b. 4 Oct 1934, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 9 Jun 2024, at the home of his daughter and son-in-law, (Sumter, South Carolina) (Age 89 years)   2. Billy Joe “B.J.” RUSSELL   3. James Cecil “Jimmy” RUSSELL, Sr.,   b. 1933, Sumter, South County, South Carolina d. 24 Aug 2023, at his home, (Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina) (Age 90 years)
  Family ID	F56004	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Jun 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Lorin ATKINSON   d. Bef 12 Aug 2013
  _UID	DD32360AA134497CAB902D700BD110C4713B
  _UID	DD32360AA134497CAB902D700BD110C4713B
  Family ID	F56005	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S31158] James Cecil “Jimmy” Russell Sr. [S31875] John Allen Russell. [S1694] Russell-Ardis. [S6015] Watts-Finlayson. [S14680] Watts-Jones. [S19830] Elizabeth R. Atkinson. [S4304] Merry-Rodgers.