Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries


Fairfield Recorder newspaper
March 5, 2009



Adrid (Gilliam) Bell

ADRID GILLIAM BELL
Funeral services were held Tuesday for Adrid Gilliam Bell, 92, who died 
Saturday, February, 28, in Houston.

Mrs. Bell was born in Freestone County to Robert Stanley and Ida Bell Sandifer 
Gilliam and was the oldest of nine children.

She graduated from Donie High School and Sam Houston Teacher's College.

Mrs. Bell married her husband, Henry Luther, on Oct. 30, 1936.

The couple shared almost 62 years of marriage before Mr. Bell's death in 1998.

Mrs. Bell began teaching at Cotton Gin and Lufkin where she lived for over 40 
years before retiring.

Later she moved to Georgetown and was a member of Faith Lutheran Church before 
moving to Houston.

Services were held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, March 3, at Bowers Funeral Home in 
Teague with Pastor John Selle will officiate.

Interment followed at Union Cemetery near Freestone.

Mrs. Bell is survived by her daughter, Jane Remmert and husband Lyndal of 
Rockport; son, Robert Bell and wife Linda of Bellaire; grandchildren, Erik 
Remmert and wife Niki of San Antonio, Amy Johnstone and husband Grant of 
Portland, Oregon, Lucas Bell of Houston, and Natalie Bell of Bellaire; great-
grandchildren, Jake Remmert of San Antonio, Ruthie Johnstone, Rachael Johnstone 
and James Johnstone, all of Portland, Oregon; brothers, Wade Gilliam of 
Colleyville, Robert Gilliam of San Angelo and Glyn Gilliam of Graham; and 
sister, Bobbie Huffman of Austin.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry Luther Bell; parents, Robert 
Stanley and Ida Bell Gilliam; brothers, Dwain Gilliam and Cloner Gilliam; and 
sisters Vernis Strawn and Gay Mew.

Arrangements were made by Bowers of Funeral Home of Teague.