Russell “Russ” Carl Emerson, 73 of Montague, TX, went home to be with the Lord, Wednesday, December 20th, 2023 in Wichita Falls, TX.

Graveside services will take place at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, December 27th, at Montague Cemetery in Montague, TX, with Pastor Glen Neff officiating.

Family will receive friends from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, December 27th, prior to the service at the White Family Funeral Home in Bowie.

Russ was born July 30, 1950 in Erlanger, KY to Norman and Betty (Requardt) Emerson. In his younger years, he owned and operated a body shop in Cincinnati, OH for 16 years. Russ then worked for may years as a diesel mechanic Consolidated Freight Lines in Ohio, before being transferred to Dallas in 1983, and worked there until 2002. In 2002 he started working for Swift Transportation, until his retirement in 2006. In his free time, Russ enjoyed tinkering with antique radios, clocks and his knife collection.

He is preceded in death by his parents and sisters, Mary Elizabeth Emerson and Judith Ann Emerson, father-in-law, Joseph White, and niece Courtney Lee White.

Russ is survived by his wife, Sheila Emerson of Montague, TX; son, Les Emerson of Kentucky; brother, Walter Lee Emerson of Montague; mother-in-law, Jean White of Irving, TX; brothers-in-law, Roger White and Jordan Ganitoen of Irving; sister-in-law, Laura White of Princeton, TX; nephew Trevor White of Irving; 2 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; and many friends.

Arrangements entrusted to the White Family Funeral Home of Bowie, TX.