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Dr John Gordon Bell

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Dr John Gordon Bell

Birth
Covington, Covington City, Virginia, USA
Death
13 Dec 1990 (aged 82)
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
Burial
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA GPS-Latitude: 38.9132722, Longitude: -77.0587472
Plot
Dogwood, Cremation Niche 3265.
Memorial ID
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On January 14, 1963 as John Bell, he was granted a divorce from Anna Bell at Mecklenburg, North Carolina. On September 26, 1964, he married Marilyn Anne Southwell in Norfolk, Virginia.

Dr. J. Gordon Bell was a native of Covington, Virginia. He was a graduate of Lynchburg College and in 1933, graduated from the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond. During World War II he was a plastic surgery consultant to Walter Reed Army Hospital. He was in private practice from 1939 to 1982 in the District of Columbia and then in Rosslyn until he retired in 1985. He helped start the plastic surgery programs at George Washington and Georgetown University hospitals as well as Gallinger Hospital and Doctors Hospital where he had been Chief of Plastic Surgery for 30 years. He was board certified in plastic surgery and ear nose and throat medicine. He was a member of the Double Boarded Society, a life member of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the D.C. Medical Society. He was a member of the Motorcycling Doctors Associating and rode until about five years ago. He died on December 13, 1990 at the age of 82 of kidney failure at Sibley Memorial Hospital. He was predeceased by his first wife, Anna Lee Paschall, who died in 1960. Survivors included his widow, Marilyn and their five children, all of the District of Columbia and one son from his first marriage and a sister, Delberta Bennett, of Miami Springs, Florida.
Source: The Washington Post, December 15, 1990.
On January 14, 1963 as John Bell, he was granted a divorce from Anna Bell at Mecklenburg, North Carolina. On September 26, 1964, he married Marilyn Anne Southwell in Norfolk, Virginia.

Dr. J. Gordon Bell was a native of Covington, Virginia. He was a graduate of Lynchburg College and in 1933, graduated from the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond. During World War II he was a plastic surgery consultant to Walter Reed Army Hospital. He was in private practice from 1939 to 1982 in the District of Columbia and then in Rosslyn until he retired in 1985. He helped start the plastic surgery programs at George Washington and Georgetown University hospitals as well as Gallinger Hospital and Doctors Hospital where he had been Chief of Plastic Surgery for 30 years. He was board certified in plastic surgery and ear nose and throat medicine. He was a member of the Double Boarded Society, a life member of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the D.C. Medical Society. He was a member of the Motorcycling Doctors Associating and rode until about five years ago. He died on December 13, 1990 at the age of 82 of kidney failure at Sibley Memorial Hospital. He was predeceased by his first wife, Anna Lee Paschall, who died in 1960. Survivors included his widow, Marilyn and their five children, all of the District of Columbia and one son from his first marriage and a sister, Delberta Bennett, of Miami Springs, Florida.
Source: The Washington Post, December 15, 1990.


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  • Created by: SLGMSD
  • Added: Oct 27, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99664862/john_gordon-bell: accessed ), memorial page for Dr John Gordon Bell (15 May 1908–13 Dec 1990), Find a Grave Memorial ID 99664862, citing Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA; Maintained by SLGMSD (contributor 46825959).