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Bell died of an extended illness at the age of sixty. He was survived by his wife, the former Nannetta Pauline Schuler (1882–1968), a native of Keatchie in DeSoto Parish;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129346382|title=Nanette Pauline Schuler Bell|publisher=''[[Shreveport Journal]]'' (through findagrave.com)|date=March 1, 1968|page=1C|accessdate=March 3, 2015}}</ref> one daughter, Mary Evelyn Bell McGuire (1916–2011); one son, Thornton Foster Bell (died 1960); one brother, W. B. Bell, and a sister, Sallie Bell, all of Shreveport.<ref name=bio/>​

Bell died of an extended illness at the age of sixty. He was survived by his wife, the former Nannetta Pauline Schuler (1882–1968), a native of Keatchie in DeSoto Parish;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129346382|title=Nanette Pauline Schuler Bell|publisher=''[[Shreveport Journal]]'' (through findagrave.com)|date=March 1, 1968|page=1C|accessdate=March 3, 2015}}</ref> one daughter, Mary Evelyn Bell McGuire (1916–2011); one son, Thornton Foster Bell (died 1960); one brother, W. B. Bell, and a sister, Sallie Bell, all of Shreveport.<ref name=bio/>​

Bell's son-in-law, Edward Leo McGuire, Jr. (1914–1983), a native of Taunton, [[Massachusetts]], met Mary Evelyn Bell while McGuire was a second lieutenant in the [[United States Army]] Air Corps during maneuvers in the Shreveport area. He became a decorated bomber pilot in [[World War II]]. McGuire was engaged in the roofing business. Like his father-in-law, McGuire served on the Caddo Parish School Board. From 1964 to 1970, he was one of the first three [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] members of the board, alongside the late Joel B. Brown and  [[Billy Guin]], who later served  briefly as the Shreveport public utilities commissioner. McGuire lost the 1970 race for [[mayor]] of Shreveport to[[Calhoun Allen|Littleberry Calhoun Allen, Jr.]], a Republican-turned-Democrat, who remained in the post until 1978.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=McGuire&GSfn=Edward&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScnty=1117&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=129524082&df=all&|title=Edward Leo McGuire, Jr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|author=Shawn Bohannon|date=May 9, 2014|accessdate=March 3, 2015}}</ref>​

Bell's son-in-law, Edward Leo McGuire, Jr. (1914–1983), a native of Taunton, [[Massachusetts]], met Mary Evelyn Bell while McGuire was a second lieutenant in the [[United States Army]] Air Corps during maneuvers in the Shreveport area. He became a decorated bomber pilot in [[World War II]]. McGuire was engaged in the roofing business. Like his father-in-law, McGuire served on the Caddo Parish School Board. From 1964 to 1970, he was one of the first three [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] members of the board, alongside the late Joel B. Brown and  [[Billy Guin]], who later served  briefly as the Shreveport public utilities commissioner. McGuire lost the 1970 race for [[mayor]] of Shreveport to [[Calhoun Allen|Littleberry Calhoun Allen, Jr.]], a Republican-turned-Democrat, who remained in the post until 1978.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=McGuire&GSfn=Edward&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScnty=1117&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=129524082&df=all&|title=Edward Leo McGuire, Jr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|author=Shawn Bohannon|date=May 9, 2014|accessdate=March 3, 2015}}</ref>​

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/>​