Blanche Kemper Russell, 83, of Piggott, died Wednesday, August 1, 2007, at the White River Medical Center in Batesville.

She was born Sept. 17, 1923, in McDougal, and was the daughter of the late George and Era Mae Crews Kemper.

She was a member of the Piney Fork Church of Christ in Evening Shade, Arkansas. Her favorite pastimes were fishing and quilting and at one time she was a member of the Quilting Club in Pollard.

She was preceded in death by her husbands, Rufus Calvin Edwards, George Brown, and Charles Russell; two children: Lewis Ray Edwards and Carolyn Jean Brown Settlemoir; two sisters: Nadine Kemper and Delia Kemper Smith; one brother: Charles Kemper; and two sons-in-law: Jack Harrison Frederick and Don Settlemoir.

She is survived by one daughter: Pearl Edwards Frederick of Ash Flat, Arkansas; ten grandchildren; eighteen great-grandchildren; eleven great-great-grandchildren; four sisters: Margilene Kemper Wood of Pollard, Maggie Kemper Parrish of Piggott, Loel Kemper Collier of Pocahontas, and Mary Ann Kemper Duplechin of Simmes Port, La.; three brothers: Walter Kemper of West Hills, Calif., Wayne Kemper of Imboden, and Herbert Lee Kemper of Reyno; and many other relatives and friends.

Visitation was Saturday, with funeral services following on Sunday, Aug. 5, in the Hoggard & Sons Chapel with Loy Culver officiating. Burial is in New Hope Cemetery. Pallbearers were Phillip Bagwell, Jeff Eddy, Ted Frederick, George Lee, Dwight Sharp, and Wayne Smith. Hoggard & Sons Funeral Home of Piggott were in charge of the arrangements.