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Castilla Virginia Bell (1929 - 1999)

Castilla Virginia Bell
Born in Pontotoc, Mississippi, United Statesmap
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[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died at age 69 in Pontotoc, Mississippi, United Statesmap
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Profile last modified | Created 9 Feb 2011
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Biography

Obit from the Tupelo Journal, June 17, 1999
Castilla Virginia Bell, 69, died Tuesday June 15, 1999, at Baptist Memorial Hoapital-East in Memphis while undergoing heart surgery. She was the daughter of Clelon and Mammie Bost Bell. She worked at Commonwealth Insurance Co. in Memphis for 25 years. While in Memphis she was an active member of Central Church, serving as Sunday school and children's program leader. After retiring, she returned to Pontotoc. She was a charter member of Maple Drive Presbyterian Church, where she was responsible for establishing the Children's Outreach Ministry. She was active in nursing home ministries and assisted in musical programs. Services will be held today at the Baldwin Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jack Wilkerson officiating. Burial will be in the West Heights Cemetery, Pontotoc County, Mississippi.
(Castilla was responsible for getting me most of the information on the Bell family) RWM, Possibly RWM is Robert (Bob) McDonald, 2634 Arroyo Dobbie, San Marcos, TX 78666, (512) 396-3210.

Sources

  • "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9M4-X4Y : accessed 12 November 2021), Costila V Bell in household of Clelon E Bell, Beat 3, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 15A, line 2, family 314, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1163; FHL microfilm 2,340,898.
Clelon E Bell Head Male 48 Mississippi
Mamie T Bell Wife Female 38 Mississippi
Charlotte C Bell Daughter Female 17 Mississippi
Costila V Bell Daughter Female 0 Mississippi
  • "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBSY-JMY : 4 January 2021), Castilla V Bell in household of Clelon E Bell, Beat 3, Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 58-12, sheet 2A, line 40, family 29, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2059.
Clelon E Bell Head Male 58 Mississippi
Mamie T Bell Wife Female 48 Mississippi
Castilla V Bell Daughter Female 10 Mississippi
  • "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J1J8-2Y8 : 10 January 2021), Castilla V Bell, 15 Jun 1999; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

Acknowledgements

  • This person was created through the import of JDS_09_17_10.ged on 09 February 2011.



  • "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK55-JN8L : 25 October 2016), Castilla Virginia Bell, Memphis, Tennessee, United States, 17 Jun 1999; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Commercial Appeal, The, born-digital text.




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