Surry-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bell, Tela E. Warren, 1947 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Mrs. Tela Bell, 83, Of Surry County Buried Jan. 18th * * * Mrs. Tela E. Bell, 83, of Surry County, wife of the late Alexander J. Bell, died Friday, December [sic; January] 17th at her home. Surviving are four sons, Warren and Jesse B. Bell of Surry County; Benjamin T. Bell of Smithfield and Ollie Bell of Richmond; one daughter, Mrs Floyd A. Holland of Zuni; one sister Mrs. Bettie Dews of Surry County and 21 grandchildren. The body was removed to the Jones Funeral Home in Smithfield where it remained until Saturday afternoon. Services were held at the grave in Mill Swamp Cemetery with the Rev. L.E. Holzbach officiating. Tela Elizabeth (WARREN; Mrs. Alexander Jos.) BELL, b. 19 Dec 1863, Surry Co., d. 17 Jan 1947, at home, near Elberon, interred in Mill Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery*, 18 Jan 1947, "Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 29, No. 33, Jan. 22, 1947, p. 1, col. 4; clipping posted with Find a Grave Mem. #104559876 *Her parents, William Thomas & Sarah Elizabeth (LANE) WARREN, are also buried there. Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #55: http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. 2339 (Blackwater #3). Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/b400t5ob.txt