Clarence Russell Bell, 98, was born in Florida to Eva Maud Eyers Bell and Clarence Rodolphus Bell. He passed away on Monday at Christus St. Elizabeth's Hospital.
While working in Pensacola as a machinist for the L & N Railroad from 1926 through 1931, the Great Depression of 1929 doused his lifelong dream of becoming a train engineer. On November 11, 1933, Clarence went to work for the Rainwater Coca-Cola franchise in Pensacola as a "jack of all trades". On August 11, 1937, he married Mary Katherine Walker and soon after moved to the Rainwater's Beaumont Coca Cola plant as Assistant Production Manager. In 1940, he was sent to the Anniston, Alabama plant to fill in for the Production Manager there. While in Anniston, his only child, Charlotte Ann Bell was born. An opportunity to return to Beaumont as Production Manager arose and the family moved back to Beaumont in 1944. He retired from Beaumont Coca Cola after forty years of service in 1972 and soon accepted the position of Building Superintendent at First United Methodist Church. After fifteen years and at the age of 77, he finally retired from active employment.
At age 93, he entered Calder Woods Assisted Living Facility and remained there until his death. As a longtime member of First United Methodist Church, Clarence was a member of the Questers Sunday School Class and Usher Chairman. He was also a member of the Founder Lions Club of Beaumont. As the husband of a Lamar University professor, he was one of the University's most loyal and avid supporters.
Preceded in death by his parents and by his wife of sixty-five years, Mary Katherine Walker Bell. he was survived by his daughter, Charlotte Ann Bell Layman and her husband, Charles; two grandsons, Charles Russell Layman and Sheridan William Layman and his wife, Susan and one great granddaughter, Sabrina Elizabeth Layman.
While working in Pensacola as a machinist for the L & N Railroad from 1926 through 1931, the Great Depression of 1929 doused his lifelong dream of becoming a train engineer. On November 11, 1933, Clarence went to work for the Rainwater Coca-Cola franchise in Pensacola as a "jack of all trades". On August 11, 1937, he married Mary Katherine Walker and soon after moved to the Rainwater's Beaumont Coca Cola plant as Assistant Production Manager. In 1940, he was sent to the Anniston, Alabama plant to fill in for the Production Manager there. While in Anniston, his only child, Charlotte Ann Bell was born. An opportunity to return to Beaumont as Production Manager arose and the family moved back to Beaumont in 1944. He retired from Beaumont Coca Cola after forty years of service in 1972 and soon accepted the position of Building Superintendent at First United Methodist Church. After fifteen years and at the age of 77, he finally retired from active employment.
At age 93, he entered Calder Woods Assisted Living Facility and remained there until his death. As a longtime member of First United Methodist Church, Clarence was a member of the Questers Sunday School Class and Usher Chairman. He was also a member of the Founder Lions Club of Beaumont. As the husband of a Lamar University professor, he was one of the University's most loyal and avid supporters.
Preceded in death by his parents and by his wife of sixty-five years, Mary Katherine Walker Bell. he was survived by his daughter, Charlotte Ann Bell Layman and her husband, Charles; two grandsons, Charles Russell Layman and Sheridan William Layman and his wife, Susan and one great granddaughter, Sabrina Elizabeth Layman.
Clarence Russell Bell, 98, was born in Florida to Eva Maud Eyers Bell and Clarence Rodolphus Bell. He passed away on Monday at Christus St. Elizabeth's Hospital.
While working in Pensacola as a machinist for the L & N Railroad from 1926 through 1931, the Great Depression of 1929 doused his lifelong dream of becoming a train engineer. On November 11, 1933, Clarence went to work for the Rainwater Coca-Cola franchise in Pensacola as a "jack of all trades". On August 11, 1937, he married Mary Katherine Walker and soon after moved to the Rainwater's Beaumont Coca Cola plant as Assistant Production Manager. In 1940, he was sent to the Anniston, Alabama plant to fill in for the Production Manager there. While in Anniston, his only child, Charlotte Ann Bell was born. An opportunity to return to Beaumont as Production Manager arose and the family moved back to Beaumont in 1944. He retired from Beaumont Coca Cola after forty years of service in 1972 and soon accepted the position of Building Superintendent at First United Methodist Church. After fifteen years and at the age of 77, he finally retired from active employment.
At age 93, he entered Calder Woods Assisted Living Facility and remained there until his death. As a longtime member of First United Methodist Church, Clarence was a member of the Questers Sunday School Class and Usher Chairman. He was also a member of the Founder Lions Club of Beaumont. As the husband of a Lamar University professor, he was one of the University's most loyal and avid supporters.
Preceded in death by his parents and by his wife of sixty-five years, Mary Katherine Walker Bell. he was survived by his daughter, Charlotte Ann Bell Layman and her husband, Charles; two grandsons, Charles Russell Layman and Sheridan William Layman and his wife, Susan and one great granddaughter, Sabrina Elizabeth Layman.
While working in Pensacola as a machinist for the L & N Railroad from 1926 through 1931, the Great Depression of 1929 doused his lifelong dream of becoming a train engineer. On November 11, 1933, Clarence went to work for the Rainwater Coca-Cola franchise in Pensacola as a "jack of all trades". On August 11, 1937, he married Mary Katherine Walker and soon after moved to the Rainwater's Beaumont Coca Cola plant as Assistant Production Manager. In 1940, he was sent to the Anniston, Alabama plant to fill in for the Production Manager there. While in Anniston, his only child, Charlotte Ann Bell was born. An opportunity to return to Beaumont as Production Manager arose and the family moved back to Beaumont in 1944. He retired from Beaumont Coca Cola after forty years of service in 1972 and soon accepted the position of Building Superintendent at First United Methodist Church. After fifteen years and at the age of 77, he finally retired from active employment.
At age 93, he entered Calder Woods Assisted Living Facility and remained there until his death. As a longtime member of First United Methodist Church, Clarence was a member of the Questers Sunday School Class and Usher Chairman. He was also a member of the Founder Lions Club of Beaumont. As the husband of a Lamar University professor, he was one of the University's most loyal and avid supporters.
Preceded in death by his parents and by his wife of sixty-five years, Mary Katherine Walker Bell. he was survived by his daughter, Charlotte Ann Bell Layman and her husband, Charles; two grandsons, Charles Russell Layman and Sheridan William Layman and his wife, Susan and one great granddaughter, Sabrina Elizabeth Layman.
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