Nueces Co., TX - Obituary: Robert Louis Bell, Sr.
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Bell, Robert Louis, Sr.
Solomon M. Coles

Corpus Christi Newspaper Obituary Citation
Name:  Bell, Robert Louis
Date:  16 January 1986
Caller Page 12D

Funeral Program
Final Christian Rites for Mr. Robert Louis Bell Sr. were conducted Wednesday 
January 22, 1986 at 1:00 PM from Saint Matthew Missionary Baptist Church, Waco 
at Chipito Street, Corpus Christi, TX with Rev. Elliott Grant, Pastor, 
officiating.  Robert Louis Bell, Sr. was born February 22, 1922 to Mr. & Mrs. 
Sinclair Bell in Shiner, TX.  His early childhood was spent in Shiner.  He came 
to live in Corpus Christi while still a youth & attended Solomon M. Coles where 
he graduated.  He later attended Del Mar College, 1 of 4 Blacks accomplishing 
this feat.  He received an Associate of Arts Degree.  He later attended Bishop 
College, where he sang in the "B Sharp Club."  Robert had a most beautiful 
voice, he sang in the Youth Choir at Saint Matthew, the church he united with 
as a youngster, & later directed the Senor Choir; he sang in various pageants & 
for other functions around the   city.  While in Los Angeles, CA he was in the 
popular group, the "Norman Aires."  He was always smiling & never hesitated to 
render song service upon request.  Robert was with the Postal Service for quite 
a number of years.  He employed by CCISD & also worked as a clerk at Air Tools, 
Inc. in Los Angeles.  He entered into eternal rest in January 1986 in Los 
Angeles.  Robert was united in holy wedlock to Miss Myrtle Esther Washington & 
they became parents of 4 children who survive, 2 daughters, Mrs. Patsy Annette 
Spears, Mrs. Vickie Rene Stonum of Corpus Christi; 2 sons, Robert Truxton Bell 
of Houston, TX; & Robert Louis Bell, III with the United States Coast Guard 
stationed in Virginia; 8 grandchildren; 2 aunts, Mrs. Peggy Tealer, Mrs. Ethel 
Ross of Los Angeles, cousins, & their relatives.  Pallbearers were James M. 
Wagner, Clayburn Booker, Major Stewart, Sr., Melvin Howard, Leslie Johnson, & 
Elvin Marshall.  Honorary Pallbearers were Joe Emanuel, Lonzo Bryant, Sr., 
Everett Douglas, Oscar Sweat, Barron Marcee, Alex Alexander, & Lloyd Pullam.  
Final arrangements were entrusted to Jackson Flowers Funeral Home, 1207 Sam 
Rankin Street, Corpus Christi Phone 512-882-6425