Hundreds turn out for Allyson Russell memorial dinner

Lines stretched through the cafeteria and out the door at the Allyson Russell Memorial Dinner in West Frankfort.

Lines stretched through the cafeteria and out the door at the Allyson Russell Memorial Dinner in West Frankfort.

A dinner to honor a young mother killed in a car crash had a large turnout Monday night in West Frankfort.

Allyson Jo Russell, 25, of West Frankfort was killed Jan. 13 in Johnston City when the car she was driving slid into a rain-swollen creek.

More than 500 people attended a spaghetti dinner at Central Junior High School on Monday, raising nearly $4,500 to defray Russell’s funeral costs.

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