Isabell M. Bell, 95

BETHEL - Isabell M. Bell of Bethel passed away on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2007, at her home. She was 95.

Born in Bethel, she was the daughter of the late Garfield and Ada Phillips Moore.

Isabell was the owner and operator of the Bell's Store in Bethel for 29 years.

She was a member of Sailors Bethel United Methodist Church, where she was a Sunday school teacher for years.

She also had worked for the Recorder of Deeds in Georgetown.

Isabell was past president of the Count on Me Club in Bethel and a member of the United Methodist Women.

She had been a valued secretary at the Laurel Senior Center.

Isabell will be remembered for being devoted to her family and her church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, William O. Bell, who passed in 1966; a daughter, Patricia A. Miller, who passed in 2003; and a grandson, Mark Carter, who passed in 2003.

Isabell is survived by her daughter, Judith B. Carter of San Antonio; grandchildren, Melinda Ashman and Matthew Carter, both of San Antonio, Timothy Miller of Ocean View and Katherine Miller of Baltimore; a great grandchild, Emily Sanchez; and a great-great-grandchild, Tabitha Sanchez, both of San Antonio.

A graveside service will be 11 a.m. Tuesday at Sailors Bethel United Methodist Church Cemetery. The Rev. Randy Booth will officiate.

Arrangements by the Hannigan, Short, Disharoon Funeral Home 700 West St., Laurel.