Jack County, TX - Obituaries - Mrs. R.D. Bell ************************************************************************************* This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Dorman Holub Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************************* Jacksboro Gazette Jacksboro, Texas Thursday, July 15, 1909 Sunday the sad news was received in Jacksboro from Tucumcari, NM that Mrs. R.D. Bell was dead and her remains would be brought to Jacksboro for interment. Funeral composed of Mrs. Bell's husband, R.D. Bell, her daughter, Miss Lyle Wills of Tucumcari, her mother and sister, Mrs. N. Atkinson and Miss Adde Atkinson of Dalhart, Mr. and Mrs. H.A. Wills of Bowie, arrived on the morning train Tuesday and the funeral service was held in the Baptist church the same afternoon, and which was conducted by Mrs. Bell's pastor, Rev. H.A. Howard of the Presbyterian church. Immediately after service the interment took place in Oakwood cemetery. Mrs. Bell was well known in Jacksboro, having been born and reared in Jack County and belonging to one of the oldest families of Northwest Texas, being a daughter of the late N. Atkinson, who was known in early days from Weatherford to the western border of Texas. Mrs. Bell was noted for her kind, gentle disposition and a consistent Christian life. She had long been in ill health. She leaves her husband and one daughter, her mother and a large family of relatives.