Walter A. Russell

Biography of Walter Alley Russell

Walt, known as Bobby, was born in Mesena, Georgia, and raised in Stevenson, Alabama, where he attended Stevenson High School. After graduation in 1950 he enlisted in the United States Air Force. Walt served twenty-eight years in various assignments within the United States and throughout the world, including Germany, the Pentagon, and Southeast Asia. He continued his education while in the military, attending Rollins College in Orlando, Florida, and community colleges in San Bernardino, California, and Honolulu, Hawaii. His career was in munitions and management. Later, during a five-year tour at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, Walt traveled extensively throughout the Pacific Theater of Operations managing munitions storage activities for the Air Force. Following he Hawaiian tour he was assigned to Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, where he retired in 1979 as a Chief Master Sergeant. Among his awards and decorations are the Meritorious Service Medal and five Air Force Commendation Medals. After retirement, Walt and his wife, Jan, moved to Panama City, Florida, and can usually be found on a golf course.

In 1972 Walt, a history buff, became interested in genealogy and began researching the history of his ancestors and related families. This eventually resulted in the publication of two family reviews in 2009: Descendants of Matthew Russell and Related Families of Jackson County, Alabama and Walter Alley and Related Families of The Tennessee Valley, with subtitles: A Collection of Genealogies.

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