Son of Robert Bell & Hattie Maggard (Nation Funeral Home Record)
Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 11, in First Baptist Church of Broken Bow for John "Jay" Bell, 70, who died Dec. at his home in Hochatown.
The Rev. Larry Mathiesen officiated. Burial was in Crown Hill Cemetery. Arrangements were by Nation Funeral Home of Broken Bow.
He was born April 18, 1921, at Octavia, and was a veteran of World War II. He was a member of the First Baptist Church. He married Susan Jennings on Nov. 8, 1942, at Sulphur, Okla., and they lived in this area since 1964 after moving from Shawnee.
He was superintendent of Beavers Bend State Park until he retired.
He was preceded in death by a son, Johnny Bell, on Jan. 2, 1990.
He is survived by his wife, Susan Bell of Hochatown; a son, Tommy Bell, of Broken Bow; two daughters, Lynnae Sutton of Moore, Okla., and Melinda Roberts of Louisville, Texas; a brother, Daniel Bell of Liberal, Kansas; two sisters, Katheryn Anderson of Pond Creek, Okla., and Eula Wright of Ada, Okla.; 11 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
McCurtain Gazette
December of 1991
Son of Robert Bell & Hattie Maggard (Nation Funeral Home Record)
Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 11, in First Baptist Church of Broken Bow for John "Jay" Bell, 70, who died Dec. at his home in Hochatown.
The Rev. Larry Mathiesen officiated. Burial was in Crown Hill Cemetery. Arrangements were by Nation Funeral Home of Broken Bow.
He was born April 18, 1921, at Octavia, and was a veteran of World War II. He was a member of the First Baptist Church. He married Susan Jennings on Nov. 8, 1942, at Sulphur, Okla., and they lived in this area since 1964 after moving from Shawnee.
He was superintendent of Beavers Bend State Park until he retired.
He was preceded in death by a son, Johnny Bell, on Jan. 2, 1990.
He is survived by his wife, Susan Bell of Hochatown; a son, Tommy Bell, of Broken Bow; two daughters, Lynnae Sutton of Moore, Okla., and Melinda Roberts of Louisville, Texas; a brother, Daniel Bell of Liberal, Kansas; two sisters, Katheryn Anderson of Pond Creek, Okla., and Eula Wright of Ada, Okla.; 11 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
McCurtain Gazette
December of 1991
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