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|spouse=Nannetta Pauline Schuler Bell​

|spouse=Nannetta Pauline Schuler Bell​

|children=Mary Evelyn Bell McGuire<br>​

|children=Mary Evelyn Bell McGuire<br>​

Thornton Foster Bell<br>​

Thornton Foster Bell​

|parents=Thomas Fletcher and Mary Cornelia Buckelew Bell​

|parents=Thomas Fletcher and Mary Cornelia Buckelew Bell​

|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]​

|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]​

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Services were held at the First [[Presbyterian]] Church, of which Bell was a member. Judge Bell and other family members are interred at Forest Park East Cemetery in Shreveport.<ref name=bio/>​

Services were held at the First [[Presbyterian]] Church, of which Bell was a member. Judge Bell and other family members are interred at Forest Park East Cemetery in Shreveport.<ref name=bio/>​

 

Bell was so respected in the community that government offices closed for his funeral. So did deliberations of a [[grand jury]]. At the time of his death, Bell held the distinction as the then longest-serving judge in Caddo Parish history. His colleague, Judge J. H. Stephens, described Bell as "always fair, impartial, just and wise in his decisions. He was loved by both the members of the bar and the people of Caddo Parish."<ref name=bio/>

Bell was so respected in the community that government offices closed for his funeral. So did deliberations of a [[grand jury]]. At the time of his death, Bell held the distinction as the then longest-serving judge in Caddo Parish history. His colleague, Judge J. H. Stephens, described Bell as "always fair, impartial, just and wise in his decisions. He was loved by both the members of the bar and the people of Caddo Parish."<ref name=bio/>