Franklin – Tammy Jo Russell Steinert, 37, died June 12, 2010 at her residence. She was born in Pasquotank County, NC and was a graduate of Franklin High School and Radford University. Tammy Jo was a regulatory author for 3E Corporation and was currently studying enviromental law with the online Concord Law School of Kaplan University.
Left to cherish her memory are her children, Jessica Austin and Jonathan Steinert; her mother, Linda W. Curle (Tim); her father, Joseph W. Russell (Carole); maternal grandmother, Edna R. Wise; and three uncles, Louis "Frankie" Wise Jr., Michael Wise, and Chris Wise.
The funeral will be conducted at 2 pm Saturday, June 19, 2010 in the chapel of Wright Funeral Home with the Rev Lelia Cutler and the Rev. Stanley Nixon officiating. Interment will follow at Southampton Memorial Park. Donations for the children may be sent to E. W. Sawyer, P. O. Box 1267, Franklin, Va. 23851. Checks should be made out to Jessica Austin and / or Jonathan Steinert.