Russell Lee Jarrett, 58, SFC-US Army-Retired of St Petersburg, FL: local memorial service was held at 3:00 PM, on Monday, July 30, 2012 at Bay Pines National Cemetery with Chaplain Herb Karkheck officiating.
A native of Phenix City, AL and a local resident since 2010, when he moved here from Harker Heights, TX; he was a career military man serving in the US Army during the Vietnam War Era and Kuwait War Era.
During his military career, he was a Chief of Mobile Subscriber Equipment Communications and a Wire Systems Instrument Installer. He was awarded a Bronze Star Medal; US Army Commendations Medal with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster; US Army Achievement Medal with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster; Good Conduct Medal (6th Award); Armed Forces Expedition Medal; NCO Professional Development Ribbon with 2 Clusters; Army Service Ribbon; Overseas Service Ribbon with 2 Clusters; Sharpshooter Badge-Rifle; US Army Recruiter Badge; National Defense Service Medal with 3 Bronze Service Stars; Driver and Mechanic Badge; Southwest Asia Service Medal with 3 Bronze Service Stars; Kuwait Liberation Medal and completed Education Systems Course; Hazardous Cargo Certification Course and the NCO Advance Course.
He is survived by his daughter, Debra Jarrett and her husband, Nathan Carandang of Harker Heights, Texas; his former wife of 27 years, Mi Cha Jarrett of Harker Heights, Texas; three sisters: Patsy Willey of St Petersburg, FL; Beverly Strickland of St Petersburg, FL and Teresa Thomas of Clearwater, FL and his six grandchildren: Donnie, Cierra, Gabrielle, Taylor, Jordan and Paitin.
Interment will be held with graveside services and full military honors presented by the Ft. Hood Honors Team at 12:00 PM on Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery, 11463 State Highway 195, Killeen, TX 76542, (254) 616-1770.
Please send all floral arrangements directly to the cemetery, prior to service time and sign the guestbook below.
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My Dearest Father,
I hope you found your way peacefully. I hope I made you proud and I pray Ive honored all your last wishes just the way you wanted and deserved. Ive always been so very proud to call you my dad, respected you, and I love you so much. I can’t believe your gone from my sight but I know you’ll always be in my heart. I miss you so much already and am so scared to face the years to come without you. I can only hope you’ll watch over me and guide me. I’m heartbroken now daddy but my work is not done…I will see you as soon as he calls me home too. This is so unfair but “it is…what it is” right? I’ll make you proud, and I’ll never forget.
All my love,
SCHNUG-GA-BUGGER
Dad, you will always be in my heart, but no worries cause i will be here to protect and provide for your daughter and grandkids. I love you!
Grandpa, we love you and always will miss you i will watch over jc
grandpaaaaa<3
you were one amazing guy, you lite up my world like noone else. your smile, laugh, and you personality lite up everybodies world. you smile it healed a million souls. your love complete my family and I. We will always remember you and who you were and always was. We will all truely miss you. please never forget to guide over us, and my family, and people to come too. your so amazing and i dont know what to do.
Grandpa July 25 will always and forever will be the longest day of my life. you were so amazing, ohhhh boyyy dont i miss you, and youe laugh. that always made my day. and i will never forget the day in 2nd grade where there was a stanger at the door^_^ ilove you oobber doober mucho<3 i am going to cry the day i will see you.
Love you most amazingest grandchild<3
-------------Gabby<3------------
My love and prayers are with his family.
As being one of Russell’s grandchildren, I can honestly say he was the best, most caring grandfather ever. He cared about anyone and everyone. My grandpa would just give and give, espeacially to family. He made an impression on so many people’s lives. He would most difinitly be remember by many, and never forgotten. R.I.P Grandpa, We all love you dearly <3
-Love, Taylor
My Little Brother…for all the days left in my life, I will forever LOVE YOU…MISS YOU…and GRIEVE over YOUR Departure from Us. My Heart knows that your SPIRIT went gently into the night to be with DADDY, JIMMY and ARTY.
We are sorry for your loss. He will be missed.
Our Thoughts and Prayers are with friends and family.
My thoughts and prayers are with the Jarrett family. Russ will truly be missed by his KISD family.
Henrietta H.
We are sorry for your loss. Our prayers and thoughts are with the Jarrett family. Russ was very good to us. We will miss him.
To the Jarrett Family, so sorry for your loss. Russ was very good to all of us at KISD. My prayers and thoughts of love are with you all.
My prayers go out to Russ’ family. He will be sorely missed by those who knew him. I knew Russ for many years. He was a good friend. My thoughts and prayers are with you all.
Rest in peace Uncle Russell. Your not just my uncle.You were my brother and best friend.You have taught me alot. Thank you for everything and all the great talks. I love you. You will be missed forever. Love John John..
Death leaves a heartache noone can heal, Love leaves a memory noone can steal. When someone you love becomes a memory the memory becomes a treasure! …and You and everything we had is and will always be a treasure to me. I will always miss you and never forget your smile. You are etched in my heart forever. Your Love was beyond words and I am grateful I had you in my life.
In loving memory, Margaret
Russi,
It hasn’t even been a year but it still has not gotten any easier. There isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t think of you or miss you. I wish I could wake up tomorrow and just call you up to wish you a happy birthday. I will be sure to celebrate down here. Tomorrow will not be easy to face but with you watching over me I am sure I can do it. Even more so, I feel partially better knowing that such a wonderful person with such a huge heart is watching over me and so many others.
I love and miss you Russ, so very very much.
Shelly Belly
P.s Happy 59th birthday!! You better be celebrating right! :)
Dear Russ…
This is a special birthday wish, that comes with love to you. It carries warm & heartfelt wishes for as what you are. It also comes to let you know, that you still mean alot to me. Always have and always are. This is your very special day and even though I could not come to where you are, to wish you HAPPY BIRTHDAY I know you know we both were there within our hearts.
You are loved and missed so much.
I Hope the Angels were singing to you today.
Happy Birthday to you … XOXOXO
I will always remember our times together.. We were best friends. I often go back to those days in time… It was always a pleasure to be called your friend.. Rest in Peace and may god bless you and yours…
Jimmy (hick)
My prayers and thoughts to the family. I had no idea. He was the Best man. You will be missed. Forever in my heart.
Hey Russ, this will come as no surprise when I say how much I miss you. It just seems like today is much harder for some reason. I was driving back from Platteville today and every song that came on the radio reminded me of you. I just remembered how you would blast songs in your Beamer while my mom was in the passenger seat telling you to turn it down, lol. I just still can’t believe you’re gone, I miss you so much Russ! I hope heaven is treating you better than this world ever did. I can’t wait to see you again one day. I love you.
Today…has been a year since God took you in his arms. It came as a total surprise to me. So sudden you were taken from us. Till this day it is so hard to believe. Thoughts of you and memories of us together and us with both girls who also loved and miss u very much are replaying in my mind often. Often you just pop in my mind, Teardrops then follow, because I miss you so very much. But our memories is my keepsake from which I’ll never part and keeps me strong until the special day I see you again has come. With Love always, I miss you Margaret
Almost 2 years. Almost 2 years?! I can say it 100 times and I still won’t believe it. I don’t really know what to say right now. When I think of you, my mind kind of blanks. I miss you Russ…
Thoughts and Memories of you – on and off in my mind yesterday.. 2 years it has been ….and not only yesterday but many days do you come into my heart and mind. I will honestly say there are days where I miss you a lot and miss being able to call and talk to you. I will always value and treasure what we had, the good as well as the bad. The bad as well because we learned from those. I will never forget. The seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months and years we got to spent with each other were unique and will always be that.. It’s often still hard to imagine you are gone in a far far away place where we cant go, but know, sometime we all will see you 1 day again. Melanie and Michelle miss and love you still as much, just as I. Know, you will b always in our hearts and minds and we know you often look down on us and miss and love us just as much. In loving memory
Margaret with Michelle and Melanie XOXO
Grandpa; I came to visit you today ; I cleaned your plaque off grandpa.
I did nothing but cry. But just know your my angel from above. I will literally cry and cry ever since I seen you gone. But I have to look at it when you left us you we’re happy that we came down to Florida, it makes me sick to my stomach when I know that you left ♥️
I gave everything to make you happy and right now I am going through a lot; and your the only reason I wanna keep fighting through things. You know that. It’s my birthday; and everything that I wanted was to see you and you see me, Did you see me ? Do you see me hurt that your gone ? I did a lot of crying; I felt like I woke up today because you told me it was my birthday. I’m not where I need to be right now and your not here. Come back. Please. I’m begging the lord above. To just bring you back for a little so I can say I love you one last time and you say it back. It’s hard to go daY by day nooning that no one is here to motivate me, see me do good, nothing. It’s all going to go down hill soon
Dear Russ..
“Merry Christmas to you in Heaven.”
You’re in our hearts and thoughts.We know you’re with us everyday. We may not see you, We may not hear you. But we know you’re with us and look upon us everywhere we go. We know you love us and we love you.
We wish you would still be here with us because we do miss you very much.
In loving memory,
Margaret with Melanie and Michelle <3
HAPPY EASTER, Russ….
Sending all Our Love to you this Easter.
Always remembered, Always loved, Never forgotten!
and Always missed!
In Loving Memory, XOXOXO
Margaret, Melanie and Michelle
Hey grandpa. Sorry I didn’t make it out there to see you yesterday, but I made my way out there today. I just want you to know how much you mean to me and that I would literally foo anything to hear you say you love me again honestly .
I am finally happy honestly. Can I just hear your laugh one last time? I honestly did nothing but cry again. But I was in someone’s arms this time. I wish I could’ve just took all the pain out of you, it would’ve made me the happiest to have you here with me. it’s almost three years you have left us and God took you in as a Angel. I’m missing you so much right now. I can’t do very much more but cry and how you come back but whatever I do, do. I hope that it makes you happy of me. And that you’re the proudest of me. I love you though. And I hope that you are really happy and proud of me and the things that I am doing to make everyone happy. <3
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!
Our Dear and Loving Russi,
Today Is Your Birthday In Heaven Above
Our Blessings We send
On The Wings Of A Dove.
Not Just For Today
But Everyday Hereof
We Think OF You Often,
With All Our Love
Always Loved, Forever Missed
Michelle, Melanie and Margaret XO<3 XO<3
Dear Russell,
Places,Things,Pictures,Songs on the radio make it that… You are never far from my mind and still make me tear up. Missing you truly, always.
You never said I’m leaving. You never said goodbye.
You were gone before we knew it,
And only God knows why.
A million times I needed you, A million times I cried.
If Love alone could have saved you,
You never would have died.
In life I loved you dearly, In death I love you still
In my heart I hold a place,
That only “YOU” can fill!
Always missed Never Forgotten. Until we meet again!
Sending all Our Love and Easter Wishes to you in Heaven above.
This Easter & Always.
Always Loved, Always Missed, Never Forgotten.
Dear Russell
There are not Words big enough,
There is not a Hug strong enough,
There is not a smile wide enough,
All We can offer you is “Thank You”!
You are Our Hero!
You are in Our Thoughts,
You are in Our Prayers.
For all you have done.. THANK YOU!
Greater Love Has No One Than This,
Than To Lay Down Ones Life For His Friends!
We Love and Miss you very much. You’re always in our hearts and be a part of us!
Happy Memorial Day in Heaven. X O <3 Margaret, Melanie & Michelle
Dear Russell…
Happy Happy Birthday to you in Heaven.
Today is your Birthday in Heaven above.
Our blessings we send on the wings of a dove.
Not just for today, but each day hereof…
We think f you always with all our Love.
The girls and me love you as we always have and always will. We miss you like crazy!
Have a beautiful day ! XOXO<3 <3