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| Bell, Sara Frances Wyatt 220821 |
| Birth: NOT KNOWN Death: 09/22/1997 Marriage: 02/14/1938 |
| Cemetery: Not Stated (NOT PLOTTED) |
| Record Source: The Paris News |
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If you copy this information, please cite this as your source: Betsy Mills and Ron Brothers. The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas, ReBroMa Press, 2008, http://www.lamarcountytx.org/cemetery. (12/16/2025) |
| Notes THE PARIS NEWS, Tue., Sep. 23, 1997, p. 4B: '(Picture) Sara Frances Wyatt Bell, wife of Rayburn Bell, died Monday. Sep. 22, 1997, at her Home. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Sep. 25, in the sanctuary at Central Presbyterian Church. The family invites all those whose lives have been touched by Sara through her work, writing, friendship and love to attend. She was a homemaker, a garden columnist for The Paris News, a Realtor and a community activist. She was a graduate of Amarillo High School, Amarillo Junior College and University of Texas (cum laude). Sara participated in many facets of the Paris community. In the 1950s she served on the Texas State Democratic Executive Committee for the First Congressional District. She founded and served as President of the Lamar County Opportunity Center, an education facility for pre-school children. In the Central Presbyterian Church where she was a member 50 years, she taught Sunday school and was on the Board of Deacons and Sessions of Elders. In 1960, she started the Welcome Wagon Service which continues to flourish as the Paris Newcomers Club. Together these groups have welcomed numerous families to Paris. She was a partner in the family real estate business and was elected to the Real Estate Board and received Realtor of the Year award. She was a freelance writer and published a book, The Thoughtful Gardner. She was a founding member of the Green Thumb Garden Club, the Roundtable Study Club, the Tempo Music Club and Four Seasons Bridge Club. She was an avid reader and served on the board of Friends of the Library. One of Sara's favorite activities was traveling with her family. She went to Europe, Hawaii, Mexico, and traveled extensively in the United States. She was the family travel planner and helped make the trips unique and exciting. Sara's cup was always more than half full - she was the eternal optimist, a trait she has passed on to her children and grandchildren. She also gave them an appreciation for all kinds of people, books, music and gracious living. Surviving are her husband, Rayburn, whom she married in Amarillo on Valentine's Day 1938; a daughter, Robin Gurka and husband Vince of Austin; sons John B. Bell and wife Linda Lowry-Bell of Paris, David Bell and wife Michele of Wills Point; grandchildren Lance Letscher, Leslie Isaacs, Sara Gurka, John R. Bell, Bree Ann Phillips, Laura Miller, Adam and Jenny Bell, Roxy, Wendy and Justin Baker; great-grandchildren, Jonathan, Gabriel, Tristin, Jana, Liz, Justan, Jordan, Jessica, Joshua, Andrew and Sara; a brother, the Rev. David Wyatt of San Francisco; sisters-in-law, Josie Wyatt of Amarillo, Kay Wyatt of Sioux Falls, SD, Jean Gibson and husband Felix of Paris, and Mrs. Dabney (Mary) Hodges of Paris. Contributions may be made to the Paris Public Library or Central Presbyterian Church.' |