Ione Russell

Age: 90

Summary: oldest living former queen of the Pass Christian Mardi Gras Parade whose daughter Sheila Francer later also served as a queen, making them the first mother-daughter queens in the city's history, and who was a former member of the Carnival Association of the St. Paul's Catholic Church in Pass Christian, Mississippi.

Cause of Death: Drowned in the floodwaters during Hurricane Katrina

Born: September 27, 1914

Died: August 29, 2005

Location: Long Beach, Mississippi