Sally Ophelia Bell, 96

MILFORD - Sally Ophelia Bell of Milford peacefully departed this life on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007, in the Green Valley Pavilion Nursing Home, Smyrna. She was 96.

She was the daughter of the late Robert and Mamie Ballard was born Oct. 1, 1911, in Amherst, Va.

Sally joined her family in accepting Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior at the Piney Grove Baptist Church in Amherst.

She continued in her faith when she became a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church in Milford.

Sally attended the public schools of Amherst County in Virginia.

She later moved to Sewickley, Pa., then Philadelphia, where she met and married Amos J. Bell.

They later moved to Milford, where she and her husband raised one son, Harry H. Bell.

For many years, Sally worked as a home domestic and caregiver for her family.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Amos Bell, in 1970, but continued a full life doing many things she greatly enjoyed; quilting, sewing, cooking and following baseball.

Sally leaves to cherish her memory: her son, Harry Bell of Milford; two sisters, Vernell and her husband Fred Smith of Amherst, and Lucille Blair of Sewickley; two granddaughters, Lisa Bell of Wilmington and Tracy Bell of Newark; dedicated and extended family members, Brenda Ashe, daughter-in-law, and Sean Ashe; a devoted friend and caregiver, Virginia Felton of Greenwood; and loving and caring nephews, nieces, other relatives and friends.

A viewing will be held from 10 a.m.-noon Friday at St. Paul U.M. Church, 300 North St., Milford.

Burial will be in St. Inez Cemetery, Frederica.

Arrangements by Minus Funeral Home, Dover.