Donald Bell
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Donald Ray Bell, 57, of Paducah died at 1:30 p.m. Friday at Life Care Center of La Center.
Mr. Bell was a former member of Willow Springs Baptist Church in Clayton, N.C. He was a graduate of IET and formerly worked at Alliant Foods as a night supervisor.
He is survived by his wife of 21 years, Juette Oden Bell of Paducah; four sons, Maurice Bell of Danville, Derrick Smith and Terrel Bell, both of Paducah, and JaMalachi Garnett of Nashville, Tenn.; two daughters, LaDonna Smith and Pamela Bell, both of Paducah; six sisters, Grace Edwards of Smithfield, N.C., Marilyn Campbell and Stephanie Boyd, both of Fayetteville, N.C., Denise Jones of Clayton, Pamela Bell of Zebulon, N.C., and Kimberly Bell of Farmville, N.C.; four brothers, Michael Bell of Smithfield, Jeffrey Bell of Fort Worth, Texas, Maurice Bell of Zebulon, and Joe Bell of Clayton; seven grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, George Lynn Bell and Elizabeth Rowland Bell.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Greater Lincoln Heights Missionary Baptist Church in Paducah, with the Revs. Alfred Anderson and Charles Dunbar officiating. Burial will follow at Maplelawn Park Cemetery.
Friends may call from noon until the funeral hour Wednesday at Pettus-Rowland Funeral Home.