Mrs. Mamie (Tuck) Heard

ON AUGUST 3, 1947, MAMIE T. HEARD WAS BORN TO THE LATE OTIS W. AND  BERTHA TUCK.

SHE CONFESSED HER LIFE TO CHRIST AT AN EARLY AGE AND BECAME A MEMBER OF MT. SINAI BAPTIST CHURCH. SHE WAS KIND AND GENEROUS IN HELPING THOSE AROUND HER AND SHE DEEPLY LOVED HER FAMILY. SHE HAD A ZEST FOR LIFE AND A SENSE OF HUMOR THAT NO ONE COULD EVER MEASURE.

SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER PARENTS, HER HUSBAND, CAREY NORRIS, HER SON, KEITH EARL RUSSELL, FIVE BROTHERS AND SIX SISTERS.

ON MONDAY, MARCH 20, 2023, MAMIE PEACEFULLY TRANSITIONED HOME AT RUSSELL MEDICAL CENTER, ALEXANDER CITY, ALABAMA SURROUNDED BY HER FAMILY.

MAMIE’S PRECIOUS MEMORIES WILL FOREVER BE IN THE HEARTS OF ALL HER LOVED ONES WHOM SHE LOVED AND WHOM LOVED HER DEARLY.

SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER NINE CHILDREN: REVEREND WILLIAM L. (ELLA) RUSSELL, ELLA M. RUSSELL, ANGELA RUSSELL BRADFORD, DEBRA A. (BERNARD) TURNER, MELISSA (CLARENCE) THOMAS, CARL F. RUSSELL, SR., STEPHANIE R. RUSSELL, BRITA KING ALL OF ALEXANDER CITY, ALABAMA AND GERALD J. (TOWANDA) RUSSELL, SR. OF COLUMBUS, GEORGIA; ONE STEP DAUGHTER, CRYSTAL (BARRY)

DARBY OF SYLACAUGA, AL; ONE BROTHER, MACK E. (LOIS) TUCK OF AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, TWO SISTERS, LORENE YOUNG AND AUGUSTA RUSSELL OF ALEXANDER CITY, ALABAMA; 14 GRANDCHILDREN, 18 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN; AND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, AND FRIENDS.

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