| Birth: | Apr. 20, 1897
Bryan County
Georgia, USA | | Death: | Aug. 12, 1940
Savannah
Chatham County
Georgia, USA | 
The first-born of eleven children of David Clayton Bell, Sr. and Edna Josephine Downs Bell, Marvin Barnard Bell was born April 20, 1897 in Byran County, Georgia. He married Nevada McClelland Bell on November 20, 1920 at her parents' home near Ivanhoe (Briar Patch), Bulloch County, Georgia, and they moved to Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia where their two daughters M. Kathleen Bell Neely and E. Lois Bell Myatt were born. Marvin met Nevada in 1918 when his family moved to nearby Olney, Bulloch County, Georgia. A carpenter, he also worked fulltime at night at Railway Express in Savannah. He loved to ride motorcycles. After years of heart trouble, Marvin died of a heart attack at age 43 at Railway Express at the end of the Georgia-South Carolina hurricane of August 11-12, 1940. Hours earlier he had taken his daughter Kathleen out to explore as the eye of the hurricane passed over Savannah. Two of the many good qualities Nevada attributed to Marvin were that he never drank alcohol and never cursed.
Marvin is buried next to his beloved wife Nevada in Old Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery in Bulloch County. He and Nevada had one grandchild, Sharlotte Neely Donnelly; one great-grandchild, Bridgette Donnelly; and one great-great-grandchild, Quinn Donnelly, pictured here between her great-great-grandparents' graves. Marvin's ancestry was English, Scots, Welsh, and--through the Bell surname--Native American (Lumbee).
Thanks so much to his wife Nevada McClelland Bell and daughters Kathleen Bell Neely and Lois Bell Myatt for much of this information. Any errors, however, are mine alone. Please go to the "edit" link on this site with any corrections or additions.
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Parents:
David Clayton Bell (1875 - 1924)
Edna Josephine Downs Bell (1880 - 1959)
Spouse:
Nevada McClelland Bell (1894 - 1985)
Children:
Manie Kathleen Bell Neely (1922 - 2005)*
Edna Lois Bell Myatt (1926 - 2011)*
*Calculated relationship
Inscription:
"His memory is blessed."
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Old Fellowship Church Cemetery
Brooklet
Bulloch County
Georgia, USA |
Created by: Sharlotte Donnelly
Record added: Sep 15, 2000
Find A Grave Memorial# 5058461 |
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