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Bessie Jean <I>Ward</I> Bell

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Bessie Jean Ward Bell

Birth
Union County, South Carolina, USA
Death
31 Jul 2002 (aged 70)
Durham County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Radford, Radford City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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RADFORD, VA - Jean (Ward) Bell, 70, of Radford, VA, wife of Ralph Samuel Bell Sr, died July 31, 2002, in a Durham, NC, hospital. Mrs. Bell was born in Union, SC on Sept. 22, 1931, a daughter of the late Mr and Mrs. Ben Ward, Sr.

She was a graduate of Union High School, Class of 1949, and a graduate of the Spartanburg Hospital School of Nursing.

In addition to her husband, she was survived by a daughter: Melody Bell of Greenville, SC; two sons: Ralph Samuel Bell Jr. of Radford, VA, and Michael W. Bell of Draper, VA; a sister: Hilda (Ward) Bailey of Union, SC; a brother, Ben Ward Jr of Union, SC; and seven grandchildren: Betty Jean Bell, Samuel Adam Bell, Ava Carol Bell, Fesser Ward Bell, Stewart Macleay Bell, Vivian Edith Bell, and Lauren Jessica Bell.

Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 3, 1931, at The First Baptist Church in Radford, VA with Dr. Paul Lane and Rev. Kent Taylor officiating. Burial was in the Westview Cemetery of Radford, VA.

The DeVilbiss Funeral Home of Radford, VA was in charge of arrangements. Announcement in Union, SC was courtesy of the S.R. Holcombe Funeral Home.
RADFORD, VA - Jean (Ward) Bell, 70, of Radford, VA, wife of Ralph Samuel Bell Sr, died July 31, 2002, in a Durham, NC, hospital. Mrs. Bell was born in Union, SC on Sept. 22, 1931, a daughter of the late Mr and Mrs. Ben Ward, Sr.

She was a graduate of Union High School, Class of 1949, and a graduate of the Spartanburg Hospital School of Nursing.

In addition to her husband, she was survived by a daughter: Melody Bell of Greenville, SC; two sons: Ralph Samuel Bell Jr. of Radford, VA, and Michael W. Bell of Draper, VA; a sister: Hilda (Ward) Bailey of Union, SC; a brother, Ben Ward Jr of Union, SC; and seven grandchildren: Betty Jean Bell, Samuel Adam Bell, Ava Carol Bell, Fesser Ward Bell, Stewart Macleay Bell, Vivian Edith Bell, and Lauren Jessica Bell.

Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 3, 1931, at The First Baptist Church in Radford, VA with Dr. Paul Lane and Rev. Kent Taylor officiating. Burial was in the Westview Cemetery of Radford, VA.

The DeVilbiss Funeral Home of Radford, VA was in charge of arrangements. Announcement in Union, SC was courtesy of the S.R. Holcombe Funeral Home.


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  • Maintained by: ErgoSum
  • Originally Created by: junebug
  • Added: Aug 27, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/96094606/bessie_jean-bell: accessed ), memorial page for Bessie Jean Ward Bell (22 Sep 1931–31 Jul 2002), Find a Grave Memorial ID 96094606, citing West View Cemetery, Radford, Radford City, Virginia, USA; Maintained by ErgoSum (contributor 48057957).