Palestine High School Alumni Association

08 / 23 / 1926  –  08 / 23 / 1991

Services for James Russell Lincoln, Sr., 65 of Palestine, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Herrington Land of Memory with Dr. Frank Royal officiating.  Masonic graveside services will be at Land of Memory Cemetery.  Mr. Lincoln died Wednesday in Dallas after a brief illness.  He was born inTyler on August 23, 1926, to Robert and Jesse Mae Russell Lincoln.  He had lived here most of his life and was a member of First Baptist Church.  He retired from Union Pacific Railroad.

He graduated from Palestine High School in 1944 and served in the Navy during World War II.  He was a member of Masonic Lodge No. 31 in palestine holding a lifetime certificate of achievement.

He is survived by his wife, Margaret Nell Henson Lincoln of Palestine; son, James Russell “Rusty” Lincoln Jr., of Palestine; daughter, Mrs. Bill “Becky” Coooksey of Palestine; and two grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Hoyt Johnston, J.W. Stewart, Danny Glenn, George Bleick, Emmett Riggs and Frank Darling.