The funeral for Alva L. Bell, 84, was at 10 AM Friday at the Cherokee Assembly of God. The Rev.'s Pat Vaughan and Howard Snell officiated. Burial was in Cherokee Municipal Cemetery, directed by Goodwin Funeral Home. He died June 28, 1994 at Bass Memorial Baptist Hospital.
He was born June 23, 1910 in Guthrie to Baxter Wood and Corneilia Lee Fraze Bell. He grew up in Guthrie and lived in several cities before moving to Cherokee in 1948.
On October 18, 1950 he married Frances Johnson in Cherokee where they made their home. He worked for the City of Cherokee, retiring in 1986. He was a member of Cherokee Assembly of God.
He is survived by his wife; five sons, Frank of Billings, Missouri, David of Driftwood, Mike and Clyde of Cherokee and Paul of Jet; three daughters, Mary Arnt of Napa, Idaho, Ruth Bradford of Cherokee and Martha Strickland of Jessup, Georgia; two sisters, Rachel Anderson of Cherokee and Clara Racotory of Union City, California; 25 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a daughter and two brothers.
The funeral for Alva L. Bell, 84, was at 10 AM Friday at the Cherokee Assembly of God. The Rev.'s Pat Vaughan and Howard Snell officiated. Burial was in Cherokee Municipal Cemetery, directed by Goodwin Funeral Home. He died June 28, 1994 at Bass Memorial Baptist Hospital.
He was born June 23, 1910 in Guthrie to Baxter Wood and Corneilia Lee Fraze Bell. He grew up in Guthrie and lived in several cities before moving to Cherokee in 1948.
On October 18, 1950 he married Frances Johnson in Cherokee where they made their home. He worked for the City of Cherokee, retiring in 1986. He was a member of Cherokee Assembly of God.
He is survived by his wife; five sons, Frank of Billings, Missouri, David of Driftwood, Mike and Clyde of Cherokee and Paul of Jet; three daughters, Mary Arnt of Napa, Idaho, Ruth Bradford of Cherokee and Martha Strickland of Jessup, Georgia; two sisters, Rachel Anderson of Cherokee and Clara Racotory of Union City, California; 25 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a daughter and two brothers.
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