
| Name | Ollie Lewis “O. L.” BELL [1, 2, 3, 4] | |
| Birth | 1928 | Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina |
| Gender | Male | |
| HIST | of Sumter, South Carolina Ollie Lewis Bell Ollie Lewis Bell, 85, husband of Gladys Avin Bell, died Thursday, June 27, 2013, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born in Sumter, he was a son of the late Ollie Leo and Annie Garrett Bell. Mr. Bell was a member of Bible Fellowship Church and the Howell Bible Class. He was a retired U.S. Air Force staff sergeant with 26 years of service. He was a veteran of World War II, Korea and Vietnam. He was twice married, first to the late Sadie T. Bell. Surviving are his wife, Gladys Avin Bell of Sumter; a son, Mike Bell (Janice) of Dalzell; a stepson, Wayne Jones of Sumter; two stepdaughters, Linda Bradley (Arthur) and Peggy Atkinson (Allen), all of Sumter; two sisters, Juanita Boykin of Sumter and Thelma DeHart (D.C.) of North Carolina; 10 grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Dianne Plemmons; two brothers; and one sister. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Bible Fellowship Church with the Rev. Jim Ketchum officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery with full military honors. The family will receive friends from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and other times at the home, 1204 Devonshire Drive. Memorials may be made to Bible Fellowship Church, 227 Broad St., Sumter, SC 29150. Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals.com. Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386. Posted in Obituaries on Friday, June 28, 2013 [2, 3, 4] | |
| HIST | of Sumter, South Carolina Ollie Lewis Bell Ollie Lewis Bell, 85, husband of Gladys Avin Bell, died Thursday, June 27, 2013, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born in Sumter, he was a son of the late Ollie Leo and Annie Garrett Bell. Mr. Bell was a member of Bible Fellowship Church and the Howell Bible Class. He was a retired U.S. Air Force staff sergeant with 26 years of service. He was a veteran of World War II, Korea and Vietnam. He was twice married, first to the late Sadie T. Bell. Surviving are his wife, Gladys Avin Bell of Sumter; a son, Mike Bell (Janice) of Dalzell; a stepson, Wayne Jones of Sumter; two stepdaughters, Linda Bradley (Arthur) and Peggy Atkinson (Allen), all of Sumter; two sisters, Juanita Boykin of Sumter and Thelma DeHart (D.C.) of North Carolina; 10 grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Dianne Plemmons; two brothers; and one sister. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Bible Fellowship Church with the Rev. Jim Ketchum officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery with full military honors. The family will receive friends from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and other times at the home, 1204 Devonshire Drive. Memorials may be made to Bible Fellowship Church, 227 Broad St., Sumter, SC 29150. Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals.com. Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386. Posted in Obituaries on Friday, June 28, 2013 | |
| MILI | He was a retired U.S. Air Force staff sergeant with 26 years of service. He was a veteran of World War II, Korea and Vietnam. [4] | |
| MILI | He was a retired U.S. Air Force staff sergeant with 26 years of service. He was a veteran of World War II, Korea and Vietnam. | |
| _UID | D01DBC4ADB784EF1B3CCB336B0CCE2519C53 | |
| _UID | D01DBC4ADB784EF1B3CCB336B0CCE2519C53 | |
| Death | 27 Jun 2013 | Tuomey Regional Medical Center, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina |
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| Burial | 30 Jun 2013 | Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina [4] |
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| Person ID | I230372 | Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified | 30 Jun 2013 | |
| Father | Ollie Leo BELL, b. 5 Oct 1894 d. 2 Sep 1951 (Age 56 years) | |
| Mother | Annie GARRETT, b. 29 Jul 1896 d. 16 Oct 1995 (Age 99 years) | |
| _UID | 583086AD6A5142B0830CB7B6DC77B8249351 | |
| _UID | 583086AD6A5142B0830CB7B6DC77B8249351 | |
| Family ID | F162886 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 | Sadie TRUESDALE, b. 21 Oct 1927, Kershaw County, South Carolina d. 29 Nov 2002, Tuomey Regional Medical Center, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 75 years) | |||||||
| Marriage | 1948 [2] | |||||||
| _UID | A5C32C4C56F84BC68AAF6481107DDFEDB6ED | |||||||
| _UID | A5C32C4C56F84BC68AAF6481107DDFEDB6ED | |||||||
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| Family ID | F155660 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||||||
| Last Modified | 30 Jun 2013 | |||||||
| Family 2 | Gladys AVIN | |
| _UID | 6BFCEAC3616C499D889B56AEDCB1BC043B9C | |
| _UID | 6BFCEAC3616C499D889B56AEDCB1BC043B9C | |
| Family ID | F155661 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified | 23 Mar 2026 | |
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