Son of Rev. Robert S. Bell and Mrs. M. A. Bell
MADILL DEMOCRAT JULY 26, 1907
Mr. Robert S. Bell died July 23, 1907 at his residence near Woodville. Mr. Bell was born in Searcy, Arkansas 56 years ago, he was the son of Rev. Robert S. Bell and M. A. Bell, who came to this territory as Cumberland Presbyterian Missionaries in the early 1860's. The subject of this sketch being then in his boyhood and he has lived here nearly all his life. He has been sick for about 2 years with progressive locomotor ataxia, and has been confined to his bed for 15 months. He professed religion and joined the Cumberland Presbyterian church in early manhood and has lived a faithful consistent christian life, and died happy: trusting in the Lord he had served so faithfully. He had many friends in this county and Texas who will hear of his death with feelings of sadness, for he was a man that to know him was to love him.
He leaves a wife and 4 children to mourn his loss. We can only say to them that the God in whom he placed his trust is their God, and he has never forsaken the "widows and orphans." The funeral was preached by Reverend McKinney of Kingston and the funeral services were conducted by the Masons of which fraternity he was an honored member.
MADILL DEMOCRAT JULY 26, 1907
Mr. Robert S. Bell died July 23, 1907 at his residence near Woodville. Mr. Bell was born in Searcy, Arkansas 56 years ago, he was the son of Rev. Robert S. Bell and M. A. Bell, who came to this territory as Cumberland Presbyterian Missionaries in the early 1860's. The subject of this sketch being then in his boyhood and he has lived here nearly all his life. He has been sick for about 2 years with progressive locomotor ataxia, and has been confined to his bed for 15 months. He professed religion and joined the Cumberland Presbyterian church in early manhood and has lived a faithful consistent christian life, and died happy: trusting in the Lord he had served so faithfully. He had many friends in this county and Texas who will hear of his death with feelings of sadness, for he was a man that to know him was to love him.
He leaves a wife and 4 children to mourn his loss. We can only say to them that the God in whom he placed his trust is their God, and he has never forsaken the "widows and orphans." The funeral was preached by Reverend McKinney of Kingston and the funeral services were conducted by the Masons of which fraternity he was an honored member.
Son of Rev. Robert S. Bell and Mrs. M. A. Bell
MADILL DEMOCRAT JULY 26, 1907
Mr. Robert S. Bell died July 23, 1907 at his residence near Woodville. Mr. Bell was born in Searcy, Arkansas 56 years ago, he was the son of Rev. Robert S. Bell and M. A. Bell, who came to this territory as Cumberland Presbyterian Missionaries in the early 1860's. The subject of this sketch being then in his boyhood and he has lived here nearly all his life. He has been sick for about 2 years with progressive locomotor ataxia, and has been confined to his bed for 15 months. He professed religion and joined the Cumberland Presbyterian church in early manhood and has lived a faithful consistent christian life, and died happy: trusting in the Lord he had served so faithfully. He had many friends in this county and Texas who will hear of his death with feelings of sadness, for he was a man that to know him was to love him.
He leaves a wife and 4 children to mourn his loss. We can only say to them that the God in whom he placed his trust is their God, and he has never forsaken the "widows and orphans." The funeral was preached by Reverend McKinney of Kingston and the funeral services were conducted by the Masons of which fraternity he was an honored member.
MADILL DEMOCRAT JULY 26, 1907
Mr. Robert S. Bell died July 23, 1907 at his residence near Woodville. Mr. Bell was born in Searcy, Arkansas 56 years ago, he was the son of Rev. Robert S. Bell and M. A. Bell, who came to this territory as Cumberland Presbyterian Missionaries in the early 1860's. The subject of this sketch being then in his boyhood and he has lived here nearly all his life. He has been sick for about 2 years with progressive locomotor ataxia, and has been confined to his bed for 15 months. He professed religion and joined the Cumberland Presbyterian church in early manhood and has lived a faithful consistent christian life, and died happy: trusting in the Lord he had served so faithfully. He had many friends in this county and Texas who will hear of his death with feelings of sadness, for he was a man that to know him was to love him.
He leaves a wife and 4 children to mourn his loss. We can only say to them that the God in whom he placed his trust is their God, and he has never forsaken the "widows and orphans." The funeral was preached by Reverend McKinney of Kingston and the funeral services were conducted by the Masons of which fraternity he was an honored member.
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