Mr. Raymond C. Bell, Greenwood
- Age: 96, Passed Away: December 09, 2012
- Joseph E. “Ed” Staab Jr., 79
- Charles Fred Smith, 73
- Jack I. Holmes, 84
- George “Ed” Fowler, 90
- John Phillip Shaughnessy, 64
- James A. Robinson, 63
- Floyd F. Phares, 66
- Ernest H. ‘Ernie’ Loop, 65
- Anthony J. Victor Jr., 62
- Sandra Ann Majors, 50
- William Earl “Billy” Hommel, 77
- Gilbert Gray Gordon, 92
- Willard “Coy” Cox, 64
- Myra E. Wilson, 89
- Josephine Luckett, 90
- Margaret E. Long, 96
- Marian C. Kibbe, 88
- David K. Firth, 81
- Joseph H. Cortese, 77
- Linnie P. Burton, 91
- Donald W. Baker, 64
- Herbert Alfred “Herb” Smith, 87
- Evelyn E. “Ernie” (Lambert) McGee, 88
- Chuck Petro Daugherty, 58
- Anna Mae Cox, 79
Mr. Raymond C. Bell, 96, of Greenwood, died Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012, at his home.
He was born April 8, 1916, in Liberty, Ky., a son of Claude Jasper and Mary Mattie (Wilson) Bell. He married Norma B. (Smith) Bell on April 6, 1940. She preceded him in death.
Also preceding him in death are three brothers; six sisters; one granddaughter, Sherri Raye Wilkerson, and one great-great-granddaughter, Makenzi Raye.
Survivors include two daughters, Ruth B. Andrews (Jerry) of Hartford, Wis., and Jackie R. Robbins (Earl) of Trafalgar; five grandchildren, Danita (Jay) Wigginton, Sue (Sherry Alden) Zufall, Heather (David) Abrams, Christopher (Amanda) Andrews and Bryan (Jennifer) Sosbe; 14 great-grandchildren; and 16 great-great-grandchildren.
Raymond was a service manager at East Side Gas Company for 35 years, retiring in 1984. He enjoyed woodworking and was known as the neighborhood “Pappaw.”
Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Wilson St. Pierre Funeral Service & Crematory, Greenwood Chapel, 481 W. Main St. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Entombment will be at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens in Greenwood. The Rev. Richard Bell will officiate.
You are invited to read the obituary online at www.wilsonstpierre.com, where you may sign the guestbook, share a memory or order flowers for the family.
Memorial contributions are suggested to St. Francis Hospice, 438 S. Emerson Ave., Greenwood, IN 46143.
