Background
Russell, Horace was born on November 7, 1889 in Puckett, Mississippi, United States. Son of Virgil and Eleanor (Everitt) Russell.
Russell, Horace was born on November 7, 1889 in Puckett, Mississippi, United States. Son of Virgil and Eleanor (Everitt) Russell.
Bachelor of Arts, Mississippi College, 1912. Bachelor of Laws, Cumberland University, 1916, Doctor of Laws, in 1952. Doctor of Civil Law, University of the South, 1937.
Admitted to Georgia bar, 1916. Practiced in Atlanta, 1916-1932. General counsel Federal Home Loan Bank Board, Washington, 1932-1938, general law practice in Chicago, from 1938.
Member firm Russell, Bridewell & Lapperre.
Member General Council, City of Atlanta, 1921-1927. Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member Chamber of Commerce (president 2 years), Southeastern Fair Association (past president), Family Welfare Society Atlanta (past president), Georgia Building and Loan League (past president), American, Illinois, Chicago, Federal (president 1937) bar associations, Kappa Sigma.
Mason.
Clubs: Skokie County (Glencoe, Illinois).
Married Julia Myers, June 21, 1916. Children: Horace (deceased), Philip Everitt, Elsie Jean (Mistress Rogers P. Conant).