On Saturday December 5, 2020, Cal Edward Russell, loving husband and the father of five children passed away at the age of 74. Cal was born on November 27,1946, in Gun Neck, N.C., to the late Bernie and Violet (Robert) Russell.

On August 25, 1977, he married Penelope Maria Russell.

Cal was preceded in death by his father Bernie and mother Violet Russell.

He is survived by his wife Penelope; his five children, Danyele Russell, Kandy Russell of Charlotte, N.C., Erica Russell of Mooresville, N.C., Cal Edward Russell Jr. of Statesville, N.C., and Alicia Nicole (Russell) Saeed of Charlotte, N.C.; one son-in-law Moghadam Saeed; three sisters, Della (Russell) Davidson of Virginia Beach, Va., Deloris (Russell) Ward of Norfolk, Va., and Doris (Russell) Wiggins; two brothers, Chauncey Russell of Mooresville, N.C., and Robert Russell of Troutman, N.C; two brothers-in-law, Junious Wiggins of Norfolk, Va., and Nicholas Bost of Statesville, N.C; seventeen grandchildren, one great grandson and a host of nieces and nephews.

The family will receive friends on Saturday, December 12, from 1 to 4 p.m. at Cavin-Cook Funeral Home.

Cavin-Cook Funeral Home & Crematory, Mooresville, is serving the family.