Christopher P. Bell

Christopher P. Bell

Decatur

Memorial service for Christopher P. Bell, 76, of Decatur will be Friday, July 20, 2012, at 6 p.m. at Shelton Funeral Home Chapel. The family will receive friends one half hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Interment will follow at a later date in Waveland, Miss.

Mr. Bell, who died Tuesday, July 17, 2012, at Lawrence Medical Center, following a long battle with Parkinson's disease, was born February 1, 1936, in Washington, D.C., to Allen Franklin Bell and Doris Drew Bell. He was preceded in death by his parents; and two brothers, Gerald Bell and Quinton Bell., both of Long Beach, Miss. Mr. Bell was a reporter for The Huntsville Times for 42 years and was also an active volunteer in the Decatur and north Alabama tourism industry. He received numerous awards and recognitions throughout life, including a nomination for journalism's Pulitzer Prize. Mr. Bell also served in the Louisiana Air National Guard.

He is survived by two sons, Gil Langley (Wendy) of Amelia Island, Fla., and Roland Langley (Dee) of Hartselle; and two grandsons, Aaron Langley of Pensacola, Fla., and John Langley of Hartselle.

In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully requests memorial donations be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 Street Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-1942.

Guestbook available at www.sheltonfuneralhome.net

This obituary was originally published in the Decatur Daily.