Southampton-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bell, Benjamin T., 1957 

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BENJAMIN THOMAS BELL

   Funeral services for Benjamin Thomas Bell, 83, who died Saturday, February 
9, in a Richmond hospital were conducted Monday at 2:30 p.m. in the Purviance 
Funeral Chapel, Wakefield.  Officiating ministers were Rev. L.P. Bland and 
Rev. J.E. McCauley. Mrs. W.C. Seeley Jr., sang "Jesus Savior Pilot Me" during 
the service. 

   Mr. Bell, a retired farmer of the Wakefield community, was a native of 
Southampton county, the son of the late William A. and Harriett Baker Bell. 
He was the husband of Mrs. May Simmons Bell of Wakefield, and was a member of 
the Wakefield Methodist Church. 

   In additon to his wife, Mr. Bell is survived by one son, John Marion Bell 
of Newport News; two daughters, Mrs. Lewter Rawlings of Waverly and Mrs. 
Thomas O. Simmons, Sr., of Jarratt; one step-son, T.E. Reese of Wakefield; 
four step-daughters, Mrs. Milton Shufelt of Richmond and Mrs. Leon Matthews, 
Mrs. E.O. Whitmore and Miss Annie Reese, all of Jarratt; 15 grandchildren; 
nine great grandchildren, and a number of nieces and nephews. 

   Burial was in the Bell family cemetery at Elm Grove near Sebrell.  Active 
pallbearers were Ryland Whitehead, Elmo Pittman, George Vick, Jr., Hinson 
Parker, Hubert Beale, Oscar Parker, Edward Laine and Walter W. Cobb.  Friends 
of the family served as honorary pallbearers. 


Benjamin Thomas BELL, of Wakefield, retired farmer, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 9 Feb 1957, Richmond, age 83, 
interred in the BELL family cemetery*, 11 Feb 1957, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 14, 1957 

*located just off Old Plank Rd. (VA Hwy. 35), on Cabin Point Rd. (Rt. 606), 
   on the old BELL farm, "Elm Grove." 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project,
   Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (IV-47):
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/miscvol4.txt 

The obit for his first wife Willie Sarah (MATTHIAS) BELL 
   ("Tidewater News," Jan. 10, 1919, p. 6) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b400w2ob.txt 


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