Erma Jean Bell
Funeral services for Mrs. Erma Jean Bell was conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 2 at Ott & Lee Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Don Cook officiating. Interment followed in the Old White Plains Cemetery under the direction of Ott & Lee Funeral Home in Forest.
Visitation was from 5–8 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 1 at the funeral home and on Wednesday from 9–9:45 a.m. prior to the funeral service.
Erma Jean Bell was born in Neshoba County on April 22, 1934 to her parents, Ulvetus and Linnie Shaw Comans and passed away at the Baptist Medical Center – Leake in Carthage on July 31, 2017, at the age of 83.
Taking care of her family was top priority, as she was a simple and selfless woman with a strong faith in God. She was a homemaker and a member of the Cross Roads Church of God at Sebastopol.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Joe Raymond Bell; one son: Junior Bell; her parents, Ulvetus and Linne Shaw Comans; and one sister, Pauline Comans.
Survivors include six children, Joe (Dianne) Bell of Conehatta, Jacqueline Maxey of Conehatta, Jerrelene (Martann) Foy of Philadelphia, Jerry (Christina) Bell of Walnut Grove, Jess (Barbara) Bell of Union, and Judy (Mike) Springer of Conehatta; and a host of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Serving as pallbearers will be Wayne Griffin, Derick Wilcher, Richie Williams, Robbie James, James Shelley, Curt Maxey, Bryant Maxey and Joe Foy.
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