CHARLES BELL

SIKESTON -- Charles L. Bell, 49, Sikeston Route 1, died Tuesday, Jan. 21, 1997, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

He was born May 9, 1947, in Poplar Bluff, son of Walter and Opal Woods Bell. He and Diane Bryant were married Sept. 2, 1967, in Sikeston.

Bell was an assembly line worker 14 years at Chrysler, and then owned and operated Bell's Auto and Radiator Repair. He helped establish and was a charter member and deacon of New Hope Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife; a son, Michael Bell of Sikeston; a daughter, Sheila Brown of Sikeston; two sisters, Dorothy Marchant of Dexter, Amy Blocker of Bloomfield; and a grandson.

Friends may call at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel from 5-8 p.m. today.

Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the chapel, with the Revs. Marvin Butrum and Lawrence Ray officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.