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Thomas Kermit Dell

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Thomas Kermit Dell

Birth
Dothan, Houston County, Alabama, USA
Death
26 Jun 2007 (aged 87)
Boynton Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
Burial
Delray Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA Add to Map
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T. Kermit Dell, "The String Bean King", 87 of Delray Beach, Florida passed away. He was the son of William Bartow Dell and Blanche Irene Dell. He graduated from Pahokee High School and received a football scholarship to Rollins College where he graduated in 1945 with a degree in Psychology. After Rollins, he launched a career as a Physical Education and History teacher and football and basketball coach, beginning at Winter Park High School and moving on to several other Florida high schools. Dell was the only living coach of Old School Square in Delray Beach, where he coached football, basketball and baseball. He bought fifteen acres of land in south Florida and started Dell Farms, where at one time his farm produced 200 tons of string beans in a single day; this earned him the title of "The String Bean King." Dell also grew vegetables in New Jersey and North Carolina for over sixty years. Mr. Dell was preceded in death by wives, Judith Dell and Lucille Dell; daughter, Teena Marie Ballas; brothers, Alton Dell, James Lawton Dell, Broward Dell and John Yuthe Dell; sisters, Hulette Beasley, Patricia Krall and Gladys Harman. He is survived by daughter, Bonnie Lynn Dell; brothers, Ladd Dell and Bose Dell; sisters, Mary Alice Gianolio and Ann Voss; grandsons, Christopher Scott Niebel and wife, Debbie and Sean L. Niebel and wife Angie, and granddaughter, Laura Smith and 3 great granddaughters, Brooke Niebel, alexa Smith and Niki Niebel, as well as many many other family members and friends who wish to say "Til We Meet Again." Visitation will be Friday the 29th from 6 - 8 pm at Boynton Memorial Chapel in Boynton. A funeral service will be held on Saturday the 30th at 10:00 am at Lakeview Baptist Church in Delray Beach with interment to follow.
T. Kermit Dell, "The String Bean King", 87 of Delray Beach, Florida passed away. He was the son of William Bartow Dell and Blanche Irene Dell. He graduated from Pahokee High School and received a football scholarship to Rollins College where he graduated in 1945 with a degree in Psychology. After Rollins, he launched a career as a Physical Education and History teacher and football and basketball coach, beginning at Winter Park High School and moving on to several other Florida high schools. Dell was the only living coach of Old School Square in Delray Beach, where he coached football, basketball and baseball. He bought fifteen acres of land in south Florida and started Dell Farms, where at one time his farm produced 200 tons of string beans in a single day; this earned him the title of "The String Bean King." Dell also grew vegetables in New Jersey and North Carolina for over sixty years. Mr. Dell was preceded in death by wives, Judith Dell and Lucille Dell; daughter, Teena Marie Ballas; brothers, Alton Dell, James Lawton Dell, Broward Dell and John Yuthe Dell; sisters, Hulette Beasley, Patricia Krall and Gladys Harman. He is survived by daughter, Bonnie Lynn Dell; brothers, Ladd Dell and Bose Dell; sisters, Mary Alice Gianolio and Ann Voss; grandsons, Christopher Scott Niebel and wife, Debbie and Sean L. Niebel and wife Angie, and granddaughter, Laura Smith and 3 great granddaughters, Brooke Niebel, alexa Smith and Niki Niebel, as well as many many other family members and friends who wish to say "Til We Meet Again." Visitation will be Friday the 29th from 6 - 8 pm at Boynton Memorial Chapel in Boynton. A funeral service will be held on Saturday the 30th at 10:00 am at Lakeview Baptist Church in Delray Beach with interment to follow.


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