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Submitted: 11/15/23 • Approved: 11/16/23 • Last Updated: 11/19/23 • R1509463-G1509462-S3
Jean
January 23, 1942 - October 27, 2012
Sherman
January 30, 1942 - July 7, 1999
Wed: January 30, 1960
Ruby Jean Bell, age 70, of Greybull, Wyoming and formerly of the Hot Springs area passed away early Saturday morning, October 27, 2012 at the West Park Long Term Care Center in Cody, Wyoming.
A Graveside service will be held at the Cutter-Morning Star Cemetery in Hot Springs on Friday, November 2, 2012 at 10:00am. Pallbearers will be Berry Sutton, Gerry Sutton, Junior Sutton, Mark Williams, Jesse Williams, Ray Shannon, Jacob Grady and Daniel Baker.
Ruby was born on January 23, 1942 in Lono, Arkansas, the daughter of Floyd Lutton Hall and Emmogene Stiles Hall. She grew up in the Lono/Hot Springs area.
Ruby was raised at Hillcrest Children's Home in Hot Springs. She met Sherman Lee Bell at Lakeside High School and they married on January 30, 1960 in Hot Springs. While Sherman was alive, they were avid fishermen and enjoyed fishing. They caught and ate lots of catfish! Ruby lived with her daughter and son-in-law in Arkansas until five years ago when she moved to Greybull, Wyoming.
Ruby loved to quilt, was an excellent seamstress and enjoyed doing handcrafts. She enjoyed giving family and friends the projects she made instead of keeping them for herself.
Ruby enjoyed going to the New Hope Baptist Church in Rolla.
Ruby is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Sherman Lee Bell; her sister, Emma Lynn Thompson; and her foster sister, Dorothy Faye Ragland.
Ruby is survived by her four children, Edith (Raymond) Shannon of Greybull, Wyoming, Alice (Mark) Williams of Emblem, Wyoming, Ronda Bell of Ward, Arkansas and Sherman Lee Bell II of Donaldson; eight grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; her brother, Floyd Hall of Malvern; and her special friend, Jeanette Carruth of Little Rock.
Arrangements are by Regency Funeral Home and Atwood Family Funeral Directors, Inc. of Basin/Greybull, Wyoming. You may sign the guest book at www.regencyfuneralhome.com.
Contributed on 11/15/23 by debbraszymanski
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