Halifax County NcArchives Obituaries.....Bell, Willie Sheppard 1950
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THE TIDEWATER NEWS – 06-09-1950, P. 6
WILLIE SHEPPARD BELL

   Willie Sheppard Bell, 78, husband of Mrs. Nettie Polson Bell, died at his 
residence, 159 Chautauqua Avenue, Portsmouth, at 7 o’clock Thursday night, June 
1. He was a native of Scotland Neck, N.C., and had resided in Capron prior to 
moving to Portsmouth about 20 years ago. During his Capron residence he was in 
the lumber business, being employed for several years by the late W.H. Vincent.

   The son of the late Joshua and Mrs. Julia Bell, he was a member of Broad 
Street Methodist Church.

   Besides his wife he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Margaret Bell Forti of 
Arlington and Mrs. Julia Beale Godfrey of Macon, Ga.; five sons, Sheppard C. 
Bell of Franklin, David H. Bell of Capron, Earl and Wesley Bell of Portsmouth, 
and William Bell of Washington, D.C.; four grandchildren; and three sisters, 
Mrs. R.P. Daughtrey of Roanoke Rapids, N.C., Mrs. W.H. Jenkins of Lewiston, 
N.C., and Mrs. R.L. Powell of Woodland, N.C.  A brother, Joshua Claudius Bell, 
died in the Veterans Facility at Kecoughtan on January 26 of this year.

   Funeral services for Mr. Bell were conducted at the Snelling Funeral Home in 
Portsmouth at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon, followed by burial in Olive Branch 
Cemetery.


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