Dr. Emmett Bell, Jr., 90, of Memphis, passed away on Wednesday, November 20, 2013.
Dr. Bell was born and raised in Nashville.
He served in the Navy as the only medic and pharmacy mate on a landing ship tank (LST) in World War II. He tended to the medical needs of over 100 men aboard ship. That experience cemented his long-held desire to practice medicine. He returned to Nashville, completed his undergraduate degree, and enrolled in the University of Tennessee Medical School in Memphis. He became the first resident at Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center. He earned a fellowship at the National Institute of Health. He and his associate, Dr. Raphael Paul, were the first physicians to perform heart catheterizations on children in Memphis. Dr. Bell held many leadership positions at Le Bonheur, including chief of medicine, chief of staff, chair of the credentialing committee, member of the medical ethics committee, and consultant for the division of cardiology. Dr. Bell also served on the University of Tennessee faculty. He served on the board of directors of Le Bonheur and the Southern Poison Center. He was the recipient of the Etteldorf pediatric medicine award. He practiced pediatric medicine and pediatric cardiology into his late eighties, most recently at the Memphis Children's Clinic.
Although his first passion was saving the lives of children, Dr. Bell loved the outdoors and was an avid gardener who spent most of his leisure time outside in his gardens or on the golf course. He was featured in a 2008 Commercial Appeal article hitting a golf shot on his own private golf hole which he created in his gardens. In 2008, he received a Memphis Business Journal Living Achievement Award.
Dr. Bell is survived by his beloved son, Emmett Bell III, and his grandson Andrew Bell. He is also survived by his niece Charlotte Bell, and nephews John Bell, Billy Bell, Buck Lewis, and Chuck Rimlinger. He was preceded in death by his wife, Betsy, by his parents Alpha and Emmett Bell, by his sisters Bettye Lewis and Martha Rimlinger, and his brother John Bell.
The family will receive visitors at Memorial Park Funeral Home, 5668 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, on Friday, November 22nd from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, November 23rd, at 10 a.m.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorials be sent to Le Bonheur Children's Hospital Heart Program, P.O. Box 41817, Memphis, TN 38174-1817. Memorial Park Funeral Home, "Behind the stone wall", 901-767-8930. Condolences may be offered at www.MemorialParkOnline.com
Published in The Commercial Appeal on Nov. 22, 2013
Dr. Bell was born and raised in Nashville.
He served in the Navy as the only medic and pharmacy mate on a landing ship tank (LST) in World War II. He tended to the medical needs of over 100 men aboard ship. That experience cemented his long-held desire to practice medicine. He returned to Nashville, completed his undergraduate degree, and enrolled in the University of Tennessee Medical School in Memphis. He became the first resident at Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center. He earned a fellowship at the National Institute of Health. He and his associate, Dr. Raphael Paul, were the first physicians to perform heart catheterizations on children in Memphis. Dr. Bell held many leadership positions at Le Bonheur, including chief of medicine, chief of staff, chair of the credentialing committee, member of the medical ethics committee, and consultant for the division of cardiology. Dr. Bell also served on the University of Tennessee faculty. He served on the board of directors of Le Bonheur and the Southern Poison Center. He was the recipient of the Etteldorf pediatric medicine award. He practiced pediatric medicine and pediatric cardiology into his late eighties, most recently at the Memphis Children's Clinic.
Although his first passion was saving the lives of children, Dr. Bell loved the outdoors and was an avid gardener who spent most of his leisure time outside in his gardens or on the golf course. He was featured in a 2008 Commercial Appeal article hitting a golf shot on his own private golf hole which he created in his gardens. In 2008, he received a Memphis Business Journal Living Achievement Award.
Dr. Bell is survived by his beloved son, Emmett Bell III, and his grandson Andrew Bell. He is also survived by his niece Charlotte Bell, and nephews John Bell, Billy Bell, Buck Lewis, and Chuck Rimlinger. He was preceded in death by his wife, Betsy, by his parents Alpha and Emmett Bell, by his sisters Bettye Lewis and Martha Rimlinger, and his brother John Bell.
The family will receive visitors at Memorial Park Funeral Home, 5668 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, on Friday, November 22nd from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, November 23rd, at 10 a.m.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorials be sent to Le Bonheur Children's Hospital Heart Program, P.O. Box 41817, Memphis, TN 38174-1817. Memorial Park Funeral Home, "Behind the stone wall", 901-767-8930. Condolences may be offered at www.MemorialParkOnline.com
Published in The Commercial Appeal on Nov. 22, 2013
Dr. Emmett Bell, Jr., 90, of Memphis, passed away on Wednesday, November 20, 2013.
Dr. Bell was born and raised in Nashville.
He served in the Navy as the only medic and pharmacy mate on a landing ship tank (LST) in World War II. He tended to the medical needs of over 100 men aboard ship. That experience cemented his long-held desire to practice medicine. He returned to Nashville, completed his undergraduate degree, and enrolled in the University of Tennessee Medical School in Memphis. He became the first resident at Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center. He earned a fellowship at the National Institute of Health. He and his associate, Dr. Raphael Paul, were the first physicians to perform heart catheterizations on children in Memphis. Dr. Bell held many leadership positions at Le Bonheur, including chief of medicine, chief of staff, chair of the credentialing committee, member of the medical ethics committee, and consultant for the division of cardiology. Dr. Bell also served on the University of Tennessee faculty. He served on the board of directors of Le Bonheur and the Southern Poison Center. He was the recipient of the Etteldorf pediatric medicine award. He practiced pediatric medicine and pediatric cardiology into his late eighties, most recently at the Memphis Children's Clinic.
Although his first passion was saving the lives of children, Dr. Bell loved the outdoors and was an avid gardener who spent most of his leisure time outside in his gardens or on the golf course. He was featured in a 2008 Commercial Appeal article hitting a golf shot on his own private golf hole which he created in his gardens. In 2008, he received a Memphis Business Journal Living Achievement Award.
Dr. Bell is survived by his beloved son, Emmett Bell III, and his grandson Andrew Bell. He is also survived by his niece Charlotte Bell, and nephews John Bell, Billy Bell, Buck Lewis, and Chuck Rimlinger. He was preceded in death by his wife, Betsy, by his parents Alpha and Emmett Bell, by his sisters Bettye Lewis and Martha Rimlinger, and his brother John Bell.
The family will receive visitors at Memorial Park Funeral Home, 5668 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, on Friday, November 22nd from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, November 23rd, at 10 a.m.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorials be sent to Le Bonheur Children's Hospital Heart Program, P.O. Box 41817, Memphis, TN 38174-1817. Memorial Park Funeral Home, "Behind the stone wall", 901-767-8930. Condolences may be offered at www.MemorialParkOnline.com
Published in The Commercial Appeal on Nov. 22, 2013
Dr. Bell was born and raised in Nashville.
He served in the Navy as the only medic and pharmacy mate on a landing ship tank (LST) in World War II. He tended to the medical needs of over 100 men aboard ship. That experience cemented his long-held desire to practice medicine. He returned to Nashville, completed his undergraduate degree, and enrolled in the University of Tennessee Medical School in Memphis. He became the first resident at Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center. He earned a fellowship at the National Institute of Health. He and his associate, Dr. Raphael Paul, were the first physicians to perform heart catheterizations on children in Memphis. Dr. Bell held many leadership positions at Le Bonheur, including chief of medicine, chief of staff, chair of the credentialing committee, member of the medical ethics committee, and consultant for the division of cardiology. Dr. Bell also served on the University of Tennessee faculty. He served on the board of directors of Le Bonheur and the Southern Poison Center. He was the recipient of the Etteldorf pediatric medicine award. He practiced pediatric medicine and pediatric cardiology into his late eighties, most recently at the Memphis Children's Clinic.
Although his first passion was saving the lives of children, Dr. Bell loved the outdoors and was an avid gardener who spent most of his leisure time outside in his gardens or on the golf course. He was featured in a 2008 Commercial Appeal article hitting a golf shot on his own private golf hole which he created in his gardens. In 2008, he received a Memphis Business Journal Living Achievement Award.
Dr. Bell is survived by his beloved son, Emmett Bell III, and his grandson Andrew Bell. He is also survived by his niece Charlotte Bell, and nephews John Bell, Billy Bell, Buck Lewis, and Chuck Rimlinger. He was preceded in death by his wife, Betsy, by his parents Alpha and Emmett Bell, by his sisters Bettye Lewis and Martha Rimlinger, and his brother John Bell.
The family will receive visitors at Memorial Park Funeral Home, 5668 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, on Friday, November 22nd from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, November 23rd, at 10 a.m.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorials be sent to Le Bonheur Children's Hospital Heart Program, P.O. Box 41817, Memphis, TN 38174-1817. Memorial Park Funeral Home, "Behind the stone wall", 901-767-8930. Condolences may be offered at www.MemorialParkOnline.com
Published in The Commercial Appeal on Nov. 22, 2013
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