Staats, Russell

Passed: 1978-03-08

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Obituary Date: 1978-03-12

Information: BUSINESSMAN CLAIMED  Russell Staats, of Ripley, died Wednesday evening in Jackson General Hospital after a long illness. The son of the late Enoch and Allie Carney Staats, he was owner and manager of Jackson Finance Corporation of Ripley and of a livestock farm near there.  He had previously been the Standard Oil distributor of Jackson County, retiring after 35 years of service.    He had served on the board of directors of The First National Bank of Ripley for twenty-five years.  A past mayor of Ripley, he had also served on the city council.  Mr. Staats was a member of the organizing committee of Jackson General Hospital and had been a member of the Board of Directors of this institution since its beginning.   He was a trustee of the Epworth United Methodist church.  He was a member of Ashton Lodge AF&AM No. 12, Ravenswood, and a Royal Arch Mason, Jackson Chapter No. 48.  He was also president of the Pine Hill Cemetery Association.    He is survived by his wife, Margaret Oldham Staats; daughters, Mrs. Lois Casto and Mrs. Jeanne Hunter, both of Ripley, and Mrs. Margaret Ann Hall of Harrisonburg, Va; brother, William F. Staats of Mullens; sister, Mrs. Corinne Fisher of Ripley; ten grandchildren and one great-grandchild.  Services were held at Epworth United Methodist Church, Saturday, March 11 at 2:00 p.m. with interment in Pine Hill Cemetery, Reverand Ronald R. Brooks and Reverand William Eaton officiated.