Linda M Bell
Linda Marie Bell, 74, of Elk City, Oklahoma was born on July 13, 1949 at Tisdale Hospital in Elk City, Oklahoma weighing in at eleven pounds and only twenty inches long. She is the daughter of Alvin Warren Bell and Martha Ellen (Shockey) Bell.
The Lord called Linda to sit beside the throne of her Lord and Savior on Monday, October 9, 2023 at Bell Avenue Nursing Home, Elk City, Oklahoma.
Both of Linda’s parents worked at the Tisdale Hospital and there was a lot of excitement over the birth of their daughter. Linda grew up in Elk City and lived her whole life on or near Madison Street. Because St. Joseph’s Catholic School was closer to home, Linda’s mother decided it would be safer for her children to walk there to school until they were old enough to attend Elk City Junior High and later Elk City High School where Linda graduated in the Spring of 1967.
Linda had a great love for animals, especially her beloved dogs, Misty, Spot, Goldie, and Red Dog. Her greatest pride was her horse Pokey, that she rode in the Elk City Rodeo of Champions Parade and The Grand Entry at the Rodeo. Linda loved going on treasure hunts with her brother, Eugene and brought back many unbelievable finds such as petrified logs and arrowheads. Just about anything they could carry to the car.
After graduation Linda held various jobs, but the first official position was at the Elk City Pants Factory. Later, Linda commuted to Clinton and worked over fifteen years at the Kellwood Manufacturing Company as a seamstress. Due to Linda’s hard work she was able to purchase her own home which was located in her old neighborhood where she lived until her health failed in February of 2022, when she moved to Bell Avenue Nursing Center in Elk City, Oklahoma.
Linda joined and was baptized at the First Baptist Church of Elk City in the Fall of 2013, where she faithfully attended until her health failed. She will be greatly missed by her friends at the Church and Homeland.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, October 13, 2023 at First Baptist Church Chapel, Elk City, Oklahoma, Perry Bronn will officiate. Interment will be at Dewey Cemetery, Strong City, Oklahoma. Services have been entrusted to the care of Richard and Tammy Dugger and the staff of Martin-Dugger Funeral Home in Elk City, Oklahoma.
Cherishing her memory is her niece, Millie Jean Bell; and one sister-in-law, Emilia Bell both of Elk City, Oklahoma; and a host of cousins and friends.
Linda is preceded in death by her parents, Alvin Warren Bell and Martha Bell Johnston; and her step-father, Lonnie Joe Johnston; one brother, Cecil Eugene Bell;.
Memorials can be made to charity of choice in care of Martin-Dugger Funeral Home, P.O. Box 707, Elk City, Oklahoma 73648.
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Obituary published on Legacy.com by Martin-Dugger Funeral Home – Elk City on Oct. 10, 2023.
