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| Bell, Norris 251780 |
| Birth: 06/00/1892 Death: 10/18/1918 Marriage: |
| Cemetery: Old Deport (NOT PLOTTED) |
| Record Source: The Paris News, Researcher-Submitted Info |
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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. (12/15/2025) |
| Notes THE PARIS NEWS, Wednesday, October 23, 1918, Pg. 3: “The remains of Norris Bell, who died at Fort Monroe, Va., last Friday, arrived in Paris yesterday morning accompanied by Wise D. Cooper, a fellow comrade, and were turned over to Fred Manton of the Rodgers Wade undertaking establishment, who reshipped them to Deport over the Paris & Mt. Pleasant on the evening train. The funeral service will be held at 10 o’clock this morning at the home of Will Hearn. The deceased was a sergeant major senior and was a favorite among the officers of his company, who made up a handsome purse to buy flowers and extra trimmings for his casket. Ray Bell, a brother of the deceased, who is with the 11th cavalry at Fort Myers, Va., arrived on No. 5 Frisco passenger train in the afternoon enroute to Deport to attend the funeral.” Information from Deb Kueter, deb.kueter@gmail.com, 07/28/2017: Born in Jun 1892; son of Thomas G. L. and Mary (McNeill) Bell. (All information per 1900 and 1910 U.S. Census.) On the World War I Memorial as Morris Bell. |
| War Notes Rank World War I Sergeant Major Senior |