Individual Details
Ruben Jefferson "R J" Bell
(6 Jun 1931 - 25 Dec 1998)
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas, Monday, December 28, 1998, Final AM Edition, Page 4;5: Glen Rose - R. J. Bell, 67, a retired law enforcement officer, died Friday, Dec. 25, 1998, in Glen Rose. Memorial service: 2 p.m. Monday at Wiley Funeral Home. R.J. Bell was born June 6, 1931, in Roaring Springs. He had been a resident of Glen Rose since 1983. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War. He married Lanella Boyd in December 1953 and had been employed by the city of Brownwood Police Department for 10 years. He also served the Brownwood Sheriff's Department for 11/2 years. He married Marjorie Hicks on July 18, 1966, in Brownwood. He retired in December 1986. Survivors: Wife, Marjorie Bell of Glen Rose; sons and daughters-in-law, William Preston and Patsy Lyons of Cleburne and Danny Dwight and Doris Lyons of Rockwall; daughters and sons-in-law, Sidney Kathryn and Ronnie Eoff of Brownwood, Sharon Lea Bell of Abilene, Tammy Sue and Mike Martine of College Station, Minda Lee and Jim Welch of San Antonio, Nancy Carolyn and Kerry Alford of Bedford and Pat Windham of Glen Rose; brother, George Bell of Round Rock; sisters, Jeannette Locks of Comanche and Mary Sue Herring of Fort Worth; 21 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. Wiley Funeral Home Glen Rose, (254) 897-2288.
Events
Families
Spouse | Marjorie Gage Hicks (1916 - 1999) |
Spouse | Lavell Boyd (1936 - ) |
Child | Sidney Carolyn Bell (1954 - ) |
Child | Sharon Lea Bell (1956 - ) |
Child | Tammy Sue Bell (1958 - ) |
Father | George Jefferson Bell (1906 - 1991) |
Mother | Lula Mary Stanhope (1912 - 1997) |
Sibling | George Carlton Bell (1933 - ) |
Sibling | Jeannette Lee Bell (1936 - ) |
Sibling | Mary Sue Bell (1943 - ) |
Endnotes
7. Obituary of Ruben Jefferson " R. J. " Bell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas, Monday, December 28, 1998, Final AM Edition, Page 4.
11. Obituary of George J. Bell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas, Tuesday, June 18, 1991, State AM Edition, Page 5.
16. Obituary of Ruben Jefferson " R. J. " Bell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas, Monday, December 28, 1998, Final AM Edition, Page 4.