Local obituaries for Bell Family Funeral Services
Mary Louise Purnell
Dec 20, 2021
Mary Louise Purnell
May 11, 1942 - December 20, 2021
Mary Louise Purnell of Newark, DE passed away on December 20, 2021, at home with her husband and children. She was born May 11, 1942 in Wilmington, DE to the late William and Marion Wilkerson. From this union, she is one of...
Booker T. Martin "Gou"
Dec 20, 2021
Booker T. Martin as we affectionately called “Gou” of Wilmington, Delaware. Passed away unexpectedly on December 20, 2021, at the age of 50 years old. Booker was born on January 30, 1971, to the late Eleanor and Copeland Martin. He received his education in Delaware Public schools. Later then he graduated from Glen Mill school, where he obtained his diploma...
Judith Leigh Winward "Judi"
Dec 17, 2021
Judith Leigh Winward know as, “Judi,” was born on Friday, January 9, 1948, to the late Robert and Kathryn Winward in Wilmington, DE. She grew up in the community of Southbridge. She was extremely proud of her “Southbridge” roots. Judi often said , “ do n’t look at my skin tone and get it twiste d,...
Leander Vernon Gardner "Butch" "Toot"
Dec 8, 2021
Leander Vernon (Butch, Toot) Gardner born September 5, 1950, died December 8, 2021. Father George Gardner, mother Anna J. Bennett. Preceded before him his brother Gary (Skip) Anderson and sister, Sandra Gardner Morris.
Survived by his sisters Claudette Carr, Carol Stallings, Sonya Brown and one brother, Anthony Brown.
Butch was educated in Wilmington Schools. He...
Deborah Anne Gregory "Debbie"
Nov 28, 2021
Deborah Anne Gregory affectionately known as “Debbie” was called home Sunday November 28, 2021, surrounded by family members at the Wilmington Christiana Hospital to her battle with Metastatic Cancer. She was born in the city of Wilmington Delaware on July 13, 1959, to the late Robert Sturgis Sr. and Mary Beulah Hanes Sturgis.
Debbie was...
Keith I. Wilson
Oct 25, 2021
Keith Irving Wilson was the sixth of seven children. He was born on June 11, 1957, in Montgomery, Alabama to the late Isaac Wilson, Sr. and Vera M. Britt Wilson. He was called home to the Lord on October 25, 2021, after an extensive illness.
In 1957 his family moved to Wilmington, Delaware where Keith later received...
Teresa H. Larkin
Oct 20, 2021
Teresa Harrison Larkin, daughter of the late Samuel H. and Ethel Brown, was born on February 5,1934 in Wilmington, Delaware. She entered into eternal rest with her family by her side at the Wilmington Hospital on Wednesday, October 20, 2021.
Teresa received her education in the Wilmington Public Schools and graduated from Howard High School, Class of...
Genette Todd-Moat "Genny Boo"
Oct 18, 2021
Genette Todd-Moat
July 21, 1945 - October 18, 2021
Celebrating the life of Genette Todd-Moat who peacefully departed this life on October 18, 2021. Genette was born in Chester, Pa on July 21,1945 to the late Joseph and Georgie Mae Todd. Genette was affectionately known as “Genny Boo.” She grew up in Chester,...
Joseph O'Connell Morris "Broadway"
Oct 16, 2021
Joseph O’Connell Morris, son of the late Ernest Roberts, and the late Helen Morris, was born May 7, 1955. He departed his life on Saturday, October 16, 2021 in Seasons Hospice at Wilmington Hospital after a two year battle with lung cancer.
Joseph received his education in the Wilmington Public School System. Joe was a very popular...
Ruth V. Mcwilliams
Oct 12, 2021
Ruth V. McWilliams daughter of the late William H. and Bertha Taylor Pierce, departed this life on October 12, 2021 at St. Francis Hospital, Wilmington, Delaware.
Ruth was born April 18, 1941 in Wilmington, Delaware and received her education at Absalom Jones and Conrad High School. She worked as a nurse at Wilmington General in...
Margaret "Marcella" Lindsay
Oct 9, 2021
Margaret “Marcella” Lindsay was born on August 5, 1950 to the late Charles Rines and Lucille Lindsey-Rines in Wilmington, Delaware. Marcella received her formal education through the Delaware Public School System and graduated from Howard High School where she was a drum major.
In 1968 she gave birth to her only child Andrea Denise Lindsey-Ransom. Eleven years...
Jocelyn Nerissa Raison
Oct 8, 2021
Jocelyn Nerissa Raison passed away on October 8, 2021. She was 71 years old.
Jocelyn was a resident of Wilmington, Delaware, and a retired teacher. Known as Mrs. Hall and Ms. Raison by er former students, Jocelyn taught for a total of thirty-two years in the Wilmington Public Schools System, Red Clay School...
Sheila Mae Caulk
Sep 30, 2021
Sheila Mae Caulk , the daughter of the late George Caulk and Carleen Moore and adoptive mother Mary Caulk, was born Friday, July 8th 1955 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. On Thursday September 30, 2021 while she was peacefully sleeping God gently whispered to Sheila come on home, after a valiant fight with multiple sclerosis. Sheila was surrounded by...
Stephan L. Fullman "Brother Foots"
Sep 27, 2021
Stephan L. Fullman also affectionately known as “Foots” was born September 20, 1958 in Philadelphia, PA and raised in Wilmington, DE to the late Marion Livingston and James (Jim Dandy) Pritchett. On September 27, 2021 he was called home to be with the Lord. Brother Foots received his education in the Delaware Public School system. He was a longstanding employee...
Samuel Lee Hicklin "Scott"
Sep 21, 2021
Samuel Lee Hicklin, affectionately known as “Scott”, of Wilmington Delaware was born September 4, 1954 and went home to be with the Lord on September 21, 2021 in the presence of his loving caregivers Pamela and Brinton Davis, Sr.
Scott was the son of the deceased Patsy Ruth and Thomas Hicklin; Sr. Scott had many...
Ryan "Ry" Drew Caulk
Aug 6, 2021
Ryan Drew Caulk, son of Pamela Caulk and William Burke was born on January 17, 1987 in the former Wilmington General Hospital. He departed this life suddenly on Friday August 6, 2021 in the Christiana Hospital surrounded by his family.
Ryan was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents Joseph A. Miller and Peggy Johnson-Miller and maternal...
Sharon Laverne Wright
Jul 25, 2021
Sharon was born August 30 th , 1958 in Wilmington, Delaware to Howard C. and Helen C. Street.
On Sunday, July 25, 2021, Sharon Laverne Street Wright, loving wife, mother, MomMom, sister, and niece went home to be with our Heavenly Father.
Sharon’s aunt… Bonnie (Chirping Bird) Spencer, bestowed the Navajo name “Shiadi” upon her...
Reverend Gloria E. Ross
Jul 15, 2021
Reverend Gloria Edith Ross was born July 4 th , 1937 to the late Thomas James Macintosh Sr. and the late Erma D. Macintosh-Cuff. Gloria was the 5 th child born from this union. Rev. Ross was preceded in death by her siblings, Ann Collins, Erma V. Peterson, Barbara Coleman, Constance Murray, Leila Baynard, Tommy, Jimmy, and Lonnie Macintosh,...
Frieda Mae Wilkerson
Jul 12, 2021
Frieda Mae Wilkerson of Wilmington , D E was born on December 10, 1943, in Cecilton, Maryland to the late Vernon Kenneth W hye , Sr. and Rev. Alice Mae Whye. She went home to be with the L ord on Monday , July 12, 2021, at Christiana Hospital in Wilmington. Frieda attended high school in Wilmington and later...
Beverly Ann Collins "Ann"
Jul 5, 2021
Beverly Ann Collins better known as Ann was born March 1, 1936 to the late Thomas James MacIntosh, Sr. and the late Erma D. MacIntosh-Cuff. Surrounded by her family in the wee hours of July 5th, 2021, Ann slipped away and transitioned to her new home in glory. Ann was educated in the Wilmington Public School System. Ann's work ethic...
