Russ was born September 9, 1920 in Brewton, Alabama, the youngest of the four children of Annie Hurt and Clarence Perkins Holman. She had grand memories of growing up in Brewton and cherished the lifelong friendships she made there. Her father’s pharmacy profession took the family briefly to Tuscaloosa, then Montgomery where Russ graduated from Sidney Lanier High School and attended Huntingdon College. She went on to Peabody College in Nashville and the University of Alabama, returning to Brewton after college to work at the Bank of Brewton. Through mutual friends, Elinor and Jack Hines, who knew they would be perfect for each other, she met her future husband Frank Daughdrill Jones. They married in 1949 and moved to his hometown of LaFayette where they were blessed with 53 years together, raising their children, serving the Lord through their church and community, and later, enjoying their grandchildren. She was a wonderful wife, mother, and grandmother, always an example of selfless love, patience, and faith.

Russ was proceeded in death by her beloved husband and parents; her sisters Annie Hurt Milford and Sara Bradley Marshall, and brother Major Clarence “Jabo” Holman, who gave his life in service during World War II.

She is survived by her children Jeanetta J. Irvin (Bubba), Dothan, James F. “Jimbo” Jones, LaFayette and Virginia Stanley Jones, Destin, FL; grandsons Dr. Matthew R. Irvin, Tarpon Springs, FL and Andrew F. Irvin, Auburn; nieces Anne Oliver, Mountain Brook and Augusta Andrews (Scott), Anniston; nephews Bill Marshall, Birmingham,and Guy Milford (Sandra), College Station, TX.