- Date Of Birth: August 16, 1961
- Date Of Death: January 29, 2016
- State: Mississippi
Robert Wayne “Bob” Bell died peacefully January 29th, 2016 after a lengthy struggle with illness. He was 54.
He was born in Vicksburg and returned 20 years ago to the Bell family home place on Porter’s Chapel Road. Mr. Bell attended Presbyterian Day School, Memphis, Tennessee; Columbia Academy, Columbia, Mississippi; and graduated from St. Aloysius High School, Vicksburg. He was a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi.
He spent the last 30 years in the Insurance Industry, working for Roeland T. Bell Insurance Company; an associate of the Hennessey Agency; and co-owner of Bob Bell Insurance, Inc., with his wife Michele Archie Bell. Mr. Bell was a Charter Life Underwriter, CLU; a Certified Financial Planner, CFP; and a member of the National Life Underwriters Association. As an active member of First Presbyterian Church, he served as Deacon and was a member of the Christ in Culture Sunday School Class.
Mr. Bell served as past President of the Kiwanis Club; was a member of the Dr. Joseph Warren Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution, and a life member of the National Rifle Association. He was an avid sports fan, hunter, fisherman, and coached in the Vicksburg Little League Baseball program.
He is survived by his wife, Michelle Archie Bell, and son, Robert Matthew Bell; his parents, Roeland T. and Carmine Banks Bell; a twin brother, William Bart Bell; sisters, Lynn Bell Breeden (Greg), Doris Tobin Bell Johnson, Salethia “Sally” Bell McLean (Clint), aunts, uncles, and numerous nephews, nieces, and cousins. He was pre-deceased by his grandparents, William Thomas and Jessie Lynn Bell and William W. and Jewell Chambers Banks, and Opal Young Nicholson.
