Surry-Arlington County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bell, Willie J., 1976 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ S/SGT. WILLIAM "WILLIE" JAMES BELL BELL, 63, USA, RET. DIED Funeral services for S/Sgt. Willie James Bell, 63, (U.S.A. Ret.) who died Friday, April 16, in the hospital at Fort Belvoir, were conducted in Cunningham Funeral Home in Alexandria, Wednesday morning, April 21. Military burial was in Arlington National Cemetery. A native of Surry County, he was a son of the late Jesse Eldridge and Mertie Dashiell Bell. He is survived by a daughter, Rose Bell of Alexandria; two sisters, Mrs. Edith Bell Clark of Smithfield and Mrs. Madeline Bell Cofer of Blakes; one niece and two nephews. S/Sgt. "Willie" William James BELL, U.S. Army (Ret.), Surry Co. native, d. 16 Apr 1976, Fort Belvoir, age 63, interred in Arlington National Cemetery, 21 Apr 1976, "The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 57, No. 17, Apr. 28, 1976 His parents are buried in Old Brick Church Cemetery, Bacons Castle. His father's obit ("Smithfield Times," June 14, 1950) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/b400j19o.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Carolyn Keen (VAHistoricHouses@aol.com) & Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/b400w18o.txt