Eloise Orr Bell, 77, of Port Arthur, went to be with our Lord and Savior unexpectedly at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont on May 5, 2014.
Edna Eloise Orr was born February 19, 1937 in Granville, Ohio but moved to Southeast Texas at a young age. She graduated from South Park High School and attended Lamar University. Eloise married Samuel Bell in 1956 and they shared their lives together for 57 years in Port Acres, where they raised "four beautiful, precious daughters".
She was employed in the office at Alford's Supermarket for 20 years and made many friends there. Mrs. Bell was known to have a voice like an Angel and sang on many different occasions, bringing joy, light and laughter to all those she encountered. She proclaimed that her greatest joy and accomplishment was being a Mother and Grammie. Eloise was an active member of her church, choir, Sunday school class and loved her church family dearly. We were all blessed to have known her.
Mrs. Bell was preceded in death by her parents, Gladys and Emmitt Orr, her loving husband Samuel R. Bell and her 5 older brothers, Harry, Ralph, Richard, Darrell and Charles. She was the only girl and the youngest. She loved her brothers and they took good care of her when she was young.
Eloise leaves to cherish her memories precious daughters, Marcella Rundio, Rebecca Blackwell and husband Robert, Kristine Bell and Julie Peltier and husband Johnny; grandchildren Victoria and Benjamin Blackwell, Jennifer and Nathan Rundio, Samantha, John and Jackson Miller; brother Carl Orr of Ohio as well as many other extended family members and a host of friends.
Funeral services will be 3:00 pm Saturday, May 10, 2014 at Calvary Baptist Church in Port Acres with interment will be 6:00pm at Baker Bell Cemetery in Fred. Visitation will be from 5 pm until 7 pm Friday at the church.