Wesley Lyles "Wes" Russell Funeral services for Mr. Wesley Lyles "Wes" Russell, 29 of Woodlawn will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday May 05, 2011 in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home with Bro. Will Sherman officiating. Interment will follow in Woodlawn Cemetery. Visitation was held from 6-8 p.m., Wednesday May 04, 2011 at the funeral home. Mr. Russell passed away April 29, 2011 in Marshall. Wesley Lyles "Wes" Russell was born August 14, 1981 in Marshall to Galen Russell, Jr. and Norma Jean Coleman Russell. Wes graduated from Marshall High School in 1999 and joined the U.S. Marine Corps on June 27, 1999 serving at Cherry Point, N.C. He was discharged as a SGT on June 27, 2004. On May 19, 2007 he married Ashley Christy in Woodlawn. Wes was a crane operator for Joyce Crane Co. in Bossier City, LA and was a former employee of Fowler Transportation Co. He served on the Woodlawn Fire Department and was an outdoorsman, fisherman, Nascar fan and an avid 42 player. Surviving Wes are his wife, Ashley Russell of Woodlawn; daughter, Haley Russell of Havelock, N.C.; step-daughter, Hanna Moore of Woodlawn; parents, Galen and Michelle Russell and Norma and Roy Fisher all of Marshall; grandmother, Pearline Starr of Shreveport, LA.; four brothers, Bobby Dale Starr, Adam Lewis Fisher, and Kyle Russell all of Marshall and Trey Russell of Norfolk, VA; sister, Becky Alexander of Marshall; three step-sisters, Jennifer Clark Tamez of Longview, Tiffany Cross of Marshall, and Andrea Cross of Great Lakes, Ill and a number of aunts, uncles, and cousins. Serving as pallbearers will be Joe Hill, Doug Smith, Ricky Long, David "Bubba" Irvine, Stephen Phelps, Joe Craft, Jason Russell and Jeff Thibodeaux. Honorary pallbearers will be Adam Fisher and Kyle Russell. The family requests memorials be made to the Wesley and Ashley Russell Benefit Account at Bancorp South by the Woodlawn Fire Department Inc. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.downsfuneralhome.com