Dorothy Bell

Published 12:00 am Friday, December 21, 2012

Aug. 1, 1929 – Dec. 12, 2012

FERRIDAY — Services for Dorothy Bell, 83, of Ferriday, who died Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, at Glenwood Medical Center in West Monroe, La., will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Rising Sun Baptist Church in Ferriday with the Rev. Dave Mays officiating.

Burial will follow at the Ferriday Cemetery under the direction of Concordia Funeral Home in Ferriday.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Mrs. Bell was born Aug. 1, 1929, in Monterey, the daughter of Tom Edwards and Elnora Walker.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one brother, James Hawkins Jr.; and one sister, Lillian Rombly.

Survivors include her husband, James Bell; one son, Willie Edwards of Ferriday; two daughters, Betty Hooper and husband, Jerry, of Ridgecrest and Gloria Willis and husband, Green, of Vidalia; one brother, Leo Stevenson Jr. of Yakimi, Wash.; three sisters, Adell Burns of Ferriday, Rosie Lee Dison and Anjetta Thomas, both of Vidalia; eight grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and one special niece, Crystal Ware.

Online condolences may be sent to www.concordiafuneralhomeinc.com.