William Luther Bell died at his home at Pittsburg, Oklahoma, Sunday morning as a result of burns he received in an explosion in a mine there several weeks ago. Deceased was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bell of this place, and was reared in the Rice country, where he resided until early manhood when he moved to Oklahoma, where he married sixteen years ago. He is survived by a wife, a son 14 and a daughter 10 years of age, a father and mother, seven brothers and two sisters. The body was shipped here for interment arriving Monday on the Hustler, and was carried to the home of his brother, Fisher Bell, who had been with him for the past week and who was with him when death came. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock, conducted by Rev. R. W. Nation. Interment taking place at Rice cemetery at 4 o'clock. The floral offering was large and beautiful and expressed the high esteem in which deceased was held by the people of Rice. The brothers of deceased acted as pall bearers.
Corsicana Semi-Weekly Light, Tuesday, November 27, 1917, pg 7. Transcribed by Ginger Meyer
Corsicana Semi-Weekly Light, Tuesday, November 27, 1917, pg 7. Transcribed by Ginger Meyer
William Luther Bell died at his home at Pittsburg, Oklahoma, Sunday morning as a result of burns he received in an explosion in a mine there several weeks ago. Deceased was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bell of this place, and was reared in the Rice country, where he resided until early manhood when he moved to Oklahoma, where he married sixteen years ago. He is survived by a wife, a son 14 and a daughter 10 years of age, a father and mother, seven brothers and two sisters. The body was shipped here for interment arriving Monday on the Hustler, and was carried to the home of his brother, Fisher Bell, who had been with him for the past week and who was with him when death came. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock, conducted by Rev. R. W. Nation. Interment taking place at Rice cemetery at 4 o'clock. The floral offering was large and beautiful and expressed the high esteem in which deceased was held by the people of Rice. The brothers of deceased acted as pall bearers.
Corsicana Semi-Weekly Light, Tuesday, November 27, 1917, pg 7. Transcribed by Ginger Meyer
Corsicana Semi-Weekly Light, Tuesday, November 27, 1917, pg 7. Transcribed by Ginger Meyer
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