Following high school graduation Russell got a job at an army hospital in Arizona. There a fellow said to her “you’re a hillbilly [but] you don’t act like what I thought a hillbilly would…and I said, well Joe you are from The Bronx and not what I thought the people from The Bronx were like…we learned we were just people.” [00:16:01]
#1: Tennie Russell, about 3 years old, with her dog
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#2: Tennie Russell at about 1 year old with her grandmother, Tennyson, and her cousin, A. J.; Harrison, Arkansas, ca. 1925
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#3: Tennie Russell's parents, R. A. and Sara Carolyn Taylor, in front of their family home where Sara served as postmistress at the post office located inside their home; Iceledo, Arkansas, ca. 1940
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#4: Tennie Russell's husband, Bob Russell, who served in World War II as a bombardier in the US Army Corps
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#5: Tennie and Rob Russell's marriage photo; Russellville, Arkansas; February 11, 1946
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#6: Tennie Russell's family: (back row, l-r) Sara Sellars, Erika Lewis, Vella Lewis, Carolyn Larimore, and Tennie Russell; (front row, l-r) Bryan Lewis, Robert Lewis, Christian and Kyle Lanier, and unknown, 2003
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#7: Tennie and Jimmy Russell at a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton in Little Rock, Arkansas
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#8: Announcement of Tennie Russell Primary School being named in honor of Tennie Russell; Bentonville, Arkansas, May 2012
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