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Male Russell Lee Thaxton Click to view Russell Lee Thaxton in the family tree

Russell Lee was born on May 26th, 1917 in , Kanawha, West Virginia, USA.  Russell Lee's father was LaFayette Franklin Thaxton and his mother was Alice Malinda Rayhill.  His paternal grandparents were Monroe Scott Thaxton and Mary Jane Legg; his maternal grandfather was Richard Charles Rayhill and his maternal grandmother is Margaret Elizabeth Stonestreet. He had six brothers and six sisters, named Elmer Scott, Roy Emzey, Okey Hubert, Luthur Clarence, LaFayette, Othel "Eugene", Carrie Carmella, Norvella Aubrey, Eva Cecille, Virginia Mae, Ruby Opel and Nina Elizabeth.  He was the sixth youngest of the thirteen children.  He died at the age of 77 on March 29th, 1995 in Charleston, Kanawha, WV.


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