LONNIE BELL, SR. was born on July 27, 1889
Family of LONNIE BELL, SR. & WILLIE HAY BELL
Melvin J. Bell, Sr.
Plummer Bell, Jr. "Sugar Boo"
Louis Bell, Sr. "Buster"
They also raised their granddaughter, Pattie Sue Bell Kyle. Their grandsons, Famios and Louis also lived with them for many years.
Lonnie Bell Sr. served in World War I. I'm not sure of all the places he went, but know that his ship went to France. He played the bugle which was a stand out position in his military company. In the early 40's as a young preacher, he and his family moved to San Francisco where they started Bell Chapel CME Church. He and Willie Hay Bell worked there for the government. Upon retiring in the late 60's they moved back to Louisiana. I knew him very well and spent a lot of time at their home since he lived across the road from his baby brother, Plummer, Sr (where I lived) and since his wife, Willie Hay Bell was Mama's aunt.
He passed away on November 3, 1976. He was 87 years old.
Children of George W. Bell Sr and Mollie Levingston Bell
George Adams
Annie Thrist Browning "Babe"
Robert Bell, Sr.
Tommie Bell, Sr.
Maggie Bell Brown
Mary Willis Bell
George Bell, Jr.
Mattie Ann Bell Wilson
Lonnie Bell, Sr
Trudie Bell Sanders
Plumer Bell, Sr.
Callie Bell Washington
Mollie Bell Brown
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