State Delegate1: | Virginia |
District1: | Williamsburg–York County–James City County |
Term Start1: | 1954 |
Term End1: | 1973 |
Successor1: | Frank E. Mann (District 21) George W. Grayson (District 51) |
Birth Name: | Russell Morris Carneal |
Birth Date: | 9 May 1918[1] |
Birth Place: | Fredericksburg, Virginia, U.S. |
Death Place: | Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S. |
Spouse: | Elizabeth Leachman |
Children: | Robert |
Russell Morris Carneal (May 9, 1918 – July 27, 1998) was an American legislator and judge who served in the Virginia House of Delegates from 1954 to 1973.[2] After his retirement from the lower house of the state legislature, Carneal assumed the district court judgeship of York County. In 1977, he was appointed to the Ninth Circuit of the Virginia Circuit Court and retired in 1989.[3] Carneal attended the University of Virginia and served in the United States Navy during World War II.[4] He died in 1998.[5]