Palestine High School Alumni Association

12 / 02 / 1937  –  07 / 31 / 2007

Services for Don C. Bell, 69, of Palestine, are scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday at Crockett Road Church of Christ with Dan Manuel officiating.

Burial will be in Palestine City Cemetery under direction of Bailey & Foster Funeral Home.

Mr. Bell died July 31, 2007, Tuesday morning at Palestine Regional Medical Center.

He was born December 2, 1937, in Tahoka to John C. and Bernice M. Rhine Bell.

He graduated from Palestine High School and Abilene Christian University and was self-employed as an insurance agent for many years. He was an elder of Crockett Road Church of Christ, past president of Palestine YMCA and a member of the Million Dollar Round Table.

Mr. Bell was preceded in death by his parents.

He is survived by his wife, Courtney Bell of Palestine; a daughter, Sarah Johnson and husband Scott of Palestine; sons, Greg Bell and wife Carrie and Andrew Bell and wife Krista, all of Palestine, and Ricky Bell and wife Victoria of Spencer, Wis.; two sisters, Joyce O’Sullivan of Tulsa, Okla., and Sabra Hannah and husband Roy of Tyler; and 14 grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be David Sparks, Billy Lane, Jim Richard, Kyle Lock, Henry Baker and Marty Nash.

Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to a favorite charity.

Source: Tyler Morning Telegraph 08-01-2007