Bobby Russell; Songwriter of ‘Little Green Apples,’ ‘Honey’

Bobby Russell, 52, who wrote such song hits as “Little Green Apples,” “Honey” and “The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia.” “Little Green Apples,” recorded by Roger Miller, O.C. Smith and Patti Page, won Grammy awards in 1968 for song of the year and best country song. That same year, “Honey,” recorded by Bobby Goldsboro, was voted song of the year by the Country Music Assn. “The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia” was a 1973 favorite recorded by Vicki Lawrence. On Thursday in Nicholasville, Ky., of coronary artery disease.