Willie Bell

Willie Mae Bell, 91, of Bainbridge, GA passed away Friday, December 21, 2007 at Memorial Manor in Bainbridge, GA. The graveside service will be at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, December 22, 2007 at Mars Hill Cemetery, near Climax, GA, with Rev. Ed Harrell officiating. Online visitors may sign the guest register at www.iveyfuneral.com . Mrs. Bell was born February 17, 1916 in Mitchell County, GA to the now late William Wooten and Lula Mae Commander Wooten. She graduated from Hopeful High School and was a homemaker and a member of Mars Hill Christian Church. She was a former member of the Christian Women's Association and the Georgia Baptist Association. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ernest Ray Bell, Sr. and three sons, E. Ray Bell, Jr., W. Bennett Bell and I. Conrad Bell. Survivors include three sons, Maston W. Bell and wife Jacqueline of Bonaire, GA, Luke R. Bell and wife Jill, and Jerry L. Bell and wife Linda, all of Climax, GA; her daughter, Donna B. Rackley and husband David of Camilla, GA; a daughter-in-law, Linda Bell of Bainbridge, GA; a brother, Donnie Wooten and wife Virginia of Climax, GA; 9 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.