Monday, April 2, 2012

Susie Barns Bell

Susie Barns Bell, age 89 of The Cove in Tazewell VA died Monday, December 26, 2011 at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital in Roanoke, VA. Born October 15, 1922 in The Cove in Tazewell, VA she was a daughter of the late Clinton Newberry Barns and Mary Byrd Taylor Barns. She was a US Coast Guard Veteran of World War, II. Mrs. Bell was born and raised on the family farm in The Cove where later she and her late husband, Hugh Bell operated the Barns and Bell family farm. She was a member of the Tazewell Presbyterian Church in Tazewell, VA. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by one daughter, Mary B. Bell; two sisters, Mary Taylor Brittain and Virginia Barns; one brother, Bill Tom Barns.


She is survived by her son, Clinton M. Bell and wife, Loretta Duncan Bell of Horsepen, VA; grandson, Chase Elisha Bowman; nephew, Bobby Brittain of Tazewell, VA; three sisters in law, Hope Bell and Katherine Bell both of Davidson, NC, and Lina Bell of San Francisco, CA; brother in law, George L. Bell of Burlington, NC.

Funeral services will be conducted at 11 AM Saturday, December 31, 2011 at Peery & St. Clair Funeral Home in Tazewell, VA with the Reverend Greg Wood and Walter Schwitzerlett officiating. Burial will follow at the Barns Cemetery on the family farm in The Cove. Pallbearers will be Jessie Asbury, Tom Bowen, John Fisher, Jessie Lawson, Bob Moss, and William Pridgen.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6-9 PM Friday, December 30, 2011. The family requests memorial contributions be directed to the Presbyterian Children’s Home of the Highlands, PO Box 545, Wytheville, VA 24382.

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