Mrs. Nancy Russell Gwaltney

Memorial Service for Mrs. Nancy Russell Gwaltney, 93, of Alexander City, will be Friday, March 3, 2023 at 11:00 am at the Chapel of Radney Funeral Home. Dr. T. Michael Morgan will officiate. The family will receive friends on Friday, March 3, 2023 from 9:45 am to 10:45 am at Radney Funeral Home.

Mrs. Gwaltney passed away on Monday, February 27, 2023 at her residence. She was born on December 20, 1929 in Alexander City to Thomas Dameron Russell and Julia Walker Russell.  She was a member of St. James Episcopal Church. Nancy served as past chairman of the Russell Family Foundation. She was instrumental in adding the Employee Assistance Program for Russell Corporation, as well as starting the afternoon school program at Russell School. Nancy funded the Amelia Staley Gwaltney Foundation for Cystic Fibrosis research and funded the Mack Jackson Juvenile Diabetes Research at UAB. She loved spending time in the mountains of North Carolina (Roaring Gap) and being with her children and grandchildren.