RUSSELL MCGILL

MOUND CITY, Ill. -- Russell McGill, 74, of Mound City, died Saturday, March 21, 1992, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

He was born April 16, 1917, in Cairo, Ill., son of John and Stella Matlock McGill.

He was a retired railroad engineer and a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. He was a member of the Pulaski County School Board and operated the McGill Music Company for 25 years.

He was also a member of the First Baptist Church of Mound City.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, June McGill in 1960, and by his second wife, Gleena McGill, in 1985. He was also preceded in death by one brother and one granddaughter.

Survivors are two sons, Lester McGill of Nashville, Tenn. and Lynn McGill of Mounds; three daughters, Barbara Crecelius of Olmstead, Doris Ann Funston of Trona, Calif. and Linda Johnson of Mound City; nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Friends may call after 5 p.m. today at the Crain Funeral Home in Mound City and again after noon on Tuesday at the First Baptist Church in Mound City. Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the church with the Revs. Clyde Ramage and Jackie Davidson officiating. Burial will follow in the Beechwood Cemetery at Mounds.