Isle of Wight-Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bell, Benjamin T., 1951 

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Ben T. Bell, 66, Died February 12th In N. N. Hospital 

  Benjamin Thomas Bell, 66, of Smithfield, son of the late Alexander and Tela 
Warren Bell, of Surry, died February 12th at the Buxton Hospital, Newport 
News, after a long illness. 

  Surviving are his wife, Denna Edwards Bell; two daughters, Mrs. Louise Bell 
Fox, of Hampton, and Mrs. Martha Bell Gayle, of Norfolk; three sons, B.T. Bell 
Jr. of Richmond; Wilton I. Bell and Joseph Edwards Bell, of Smithfield; one 
sister, Mrs. Floyd Holland of Zuni; three brothers, Warren Bell and Jesse Bell 
of Surry, and Ollie Bell, of Richmond. 

  Funeral services at Jones Funeral Home Wednesday, February 14th at 2:30 P.M. 
conducted by the Rev. W. Emory Trainham Jr. 

  Burial in Mill Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery. 

  Pallbearers were Simmie Bassett, Bill Warren, Thomas Cofer, Joe Crumpler, 
James Threewits and Randolph Moody. 


"Ben" Benjamin Thomas BELL, of Smithfield, truck driver, 
b. 23 Aug 1884, Surry Co., d. 12 Feb 1951, Newport News, 
interred in Mill Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery*, 14 Feb 1951, 
marked in St. Luke's Memorial Park*, Benns Church, 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 33, No. 38, Wed., Feb. 21, 1951, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

His parents are marked in Mill Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery, 
   but Ben & Denna are not.  Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #55: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

Rather Ben & Denna are marked in St. Luke's Memorial Park.  {IWCHS GSSTF #18} 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Hixburg23958 - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #185978233. 

D.Cert. 2729 (Newport News #52) 


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