Jena Times, March 14, 1957, Page 12, Column 1
Mrs. Laura Bell Will Be Buried on Friday
Mrs. Laura Malissa Bell, 71, who died at the Jena hospital Wednesday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock, will be buried Friday morning following services at 10 o'clock at the Pine Grove Baptist Church.
K.G. Brooks, pastor of Temple Baptist church in Jena, will conduct the final rites, with interment in Pine Grove cemetery under the direction fo [sic of] Kinner and Stevens Home for Funerals, Jena.
Mrs. Bell is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Ada Bradford, Mrs. Jimmie Lee Tullos and Mrs. Sadie Poole, all of Jena, and Mrs. Vennie Sheppard of Groves, Texas; five sons, Bill of Donadlsonville, Rayford of Fort Bragg, N.C., Beverly of Ferriday, and Willard and Orvill, both of Jena; three brothers, Tom and Genie Edwards of Jena and Henry Edwards of Ferriday; two sisters, Mrs. Charlie Walker of Jonesville and Mrs. Sallie Murphy of Jena; 17 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren.
Jena Times, March 14, 1957, Page 12, Column 1
Mrs. Laura Bell Will Be Buried on Friday
Mrs. Laura Malissa Bell, 71, who died at the Jena hospital Wednesday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock, will be buried Friday morning following services at 10 o'clock at the Pine Grove Baptist Church.
K.G. Brooks, pastor of Temple Baptist church in Jena, will conduct the final rites, with interment in Pine Grove cemetery under the direction fo [sic of] Kinner and Stevens Home for Funerals, Jena.
Mrs. Bell is survived by four daughters, Mrs. Ada Bradford, Mrs. Jimmie Lee Tullos and Mrs. Sadie Poole, all of Jena, and Mrs. Vennie Sheppard of Groves, Texas; five sons, Bill of Donadlsonville, Rayford of Fort Bragg, N.C., Beverly of Ferriday, and Willard and Orvill, both of Jena; three brothers, Tom and Genie Edwards of Jena and Henry Edwards of Ferriday; two sisters, Mrs. Charlie Walker of Jonesville and Mrs. Sallie Murphy of Jena; 17 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren.
Inscription
Near the Cross Her Raptured Soul
Found Rest Beyond the River.
Family Members
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Oliver A. Edwards
1879–1908
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William Thomas "Tom" Edwards
1881–1965
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John Marion Edwards
1883–1937
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Mell Vena Edwards Boyd
1888–1941
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Emitt Edwards Walker
1889–1977
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Robert Lee "Bob" Edwards
1892–1944
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Sallie Edwards Murphy
1894–1979
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Albert Jefferson Edwards
1896–1900
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Henry W Edwards
1899–1958
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Eugene "Genie" Edwards
1901–1973
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Ada Adams Bradford
1902–1987
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Jimmie Lee Adams Tullos
1905–1992
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Lois Bell Futrell
1912–1950
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Billy Bell
1914–1993
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Sadie Bell Poole
1917–2008
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Vennie E. Bell Sheppard
1921–1984
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Rev Willard Bell
1922–1967
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Pvt Raymond Clarence Bell
1925–1944
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Oliver Gene "O.G." Bell
1927–2014
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Rayford Bell
1930–2001
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Beverly Glen Bell
1933–2020
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