Obituaries:  Hiram Abram Bell, Sabine Parish       B-400
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jan 28, 1971
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net


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Hiram Abram Bell

  Toledo Lake claimed another victim this week, Hiram Abram Bell,
66, who lived in the Alliance Community, according to Deputy
Alfice Brumley of the Sabine Parish Sheriff's Office.

  Mr. Bell was last seen by his neighbors, the Williams family,
between 7 and 8 a.m., Monday. He was walking down the Alliance
Road, toward the lake, where he kept his 12 ft. aluminum boat.

  Brumley said he assumed Bell, who was crippled and used a
walking stick, was baiting a trot line, when his boat capsized in
a brushy area, about 35 to 40 ft. from the nearest bank. The
water there was 10 to 12 ft. deep.

  The body was found Tuesday, about 1:10 p.m., by John Wayne
Miller, who loaded the body into his boat, and brought it to the
Sunset Marina.

  Dr. Warren Founds, deputy coroner, ruled it death by accidental
drowning.

  Mr. Bell's body was picked up by Sabine Ambulance Service, and
assisting Brumley in the investigation were Zwolle Marshall
Quinton Brandon, and Parish Civil Defense Director Bill White.

  Funeral services will be held Thursday, Jan. 28, at 2 p.m., in
the Aimwell Baptist Church, and interment will be in the Aimwell
Cemetery, under the direction of Warren Meadows Funeral Home.

  He is survived by one brother, Jessie J. Bell of Tyler, Tex.;
two step brothers, Willie Thomas of Many, and Clarence Thomas of
Zwolle; one step sister, Mrs. Ida Duncan of Shelbyville, Tex.;
and one half sister, Mrs. Lavern Wilburn of Houston; and a number
of nieces and nephews.