From: June 5, 1947 Winn Parish Enterprise

Funeral Services For Asa Bell, 69, Held On Monday

Funeral services for Asa Bell, 69, who died in a Pineville hospital Sunday,
June 1, were held at the Methodist Church here at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon,
June 2, with the Rev. Alwin Stokes, Rev. H. H. McBride, and Rev. Fred S.
Flurry officiating. Burial was in the Urica Cemetery at Montgomery.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Julia Jafferion Bell; two daughters, Mrs.
Lester Dickerson of Winnfield and Mrs. Roline Palmer of New Orelans, four
grandchildren, James Asa, Barbara Jean, Gordon Edwin Dickerson, and Billy
Palmer. He is also survived by a number of nieces and nephews.

Mr. Bell was a native of Grant Parish and had lived at Montgomery for many
years. He was a retired merchant and had a host of friends in this section of
the State.

Pallbearers were his nephews: Floyd, Felix, Marion, Kenneth, Kelly, and
Lawrence Bell.

Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Southern Funeral Home.

Out of town relatives who attended the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. E. P.
LaLande, A. K. Jafferion and daughter, Cora Dean of Moreauville; Mrs. J. Bell
and sons, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Bell and family, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bell, Mr. and
Mrs. Kelly Bell, Lawrence Bell, Felix Bell, Kenneth Bell, Mr. and Mrs. Kelly
Bell, Mrs. Ione Ray, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Rabalais, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon
Rabalais, all of Alexandria; Dr. and Mrs. Henry Rushing, Mr. and Mrs. Clinton
Rushing of El Dorado, Ark.; Mrs. Lillie Lonadier and son, Milton and daughter,
Viola, Mrs. Henry McKeithen and children of Arcadia; Mr. and Mrs. Edgar McGee
of Montgomery; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Howell and Mrs. Jack Henderson of Shreveport;
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Bell of Atlanta, La., and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Green of Lake
Charles.