Lee Russell White's Obituary
Lelysle (Lee) Harris Russell White passed away peacefully January 9, 2026, age 97. She was born in McCamey, Texas on December 20, 1928. After the death of her mother, Merrilee in 1936, Lelysle was raised in McCamey by her grandparents, Perle and Walter Harris. She graduated from McCamey High School and attended Tarlton Junior College in Stephenville and secretarial school in San Angelo. The name Lelysle became somewhat difficult due to the silent “s” and soon became just Lee.
She married Randall Wayne Russell in McCamey January 28,1950. They moved to Dallas in1951, where their two sons, Dave and Rush, were born and raised. Wayne Russell died in 1968 and in 1970, Lee, Dave and Rush moved to Austin. Lee became a secretary at the University of Texas; Dave attended Emerson College in Boston, and Rush was a junior at McCallum High School.
In 1975, Lee married Hubert Gene White and their union lasted until his death in 2008, when she moved back to Dallas.
Lee was preceded in death by her mother, Merrilee Synnott Harris, father, Maburn Lyles Harris, grandparents, Perle and Walter Harris, husbands, Randall Wayne Russell and Hubert Gene White, stepson Jeff White and sister Pat and her husband, Tommy Hudson.
Survivors include her beloved sons, David Hart Russell (Amanda) of Kerrville, and Rushton Lee Russell (Tara) of Durham, NC, stepchildren, Janet Guerrant (Richard), Breckenridge, TX, Jill Ward, Dover, DE, grandchildren, Joshua Russell, Will Russell, Colin Russell, Alex Guerrant, Kim and Derek Pierce, and Shannon Allen. Also surviving Lee is the extended family of Pat and Tommy Hudson. Services were held privately.
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