Joseph Nathan Bell

BELL, Joseph Nathan, 89, of Ashland, died January 28, 2009. He is survived by his son, Mark Bell; a sister, Ann Tynis and her family of Richmond. He was preceded in death by his wife, Helen Bell, a captain in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps and an RN at Beth Sholom; and his sister, Mary Bell Richardson. Mr. Bell was born in Prince Edward County and raised on a family farm near Darlington Heights, Va. He worked for DuPont in Richmond before entering the U.S. Army to fight in WWII. He was a retired Lt. Colonel in the U.S. Air Force, a WWII B24 combat pilot in Europe, and a member of VFW Post 2583. In his retirement, he was a supervisor at American Filtrona Corp., a farmer, a member of the Ruritans and a past secretary of the Hanover County Electoral Board. A private service will be held in Signal Hill Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers and memorial gifts, do something special with your family.


This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.