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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Theresa C.
Bell
June 22, 1922 – January 30, 2019
Onjune
22, 1922,
th
e
(ate §eor8e
1).
and
Ttieresa
I}{o((ey were 6(essed6y the 6irth if their
first 60rn dauBhter, rTheresa Cecilia, in 'Ba(timore,
'
Mary(ancf.
Theresa was one ifseven si6(in8s; Leo, 'Bernard, james, §eor8e jr . , Pierce, 'Rose and 'Marie.
rTheresa a(so known as iirTreesa", attended Saint Pius
V
Catho(ic Schoof, which she (oved very
much
.
iflt
the request if her fath
e
r
,
howev
e
r
,
rTh
e
resa had
to
dtscontinu
e
th
e
yursuit if a
hi8her education
to
take
on
the resyonsi6i(ities of he~ raisin8 her youn8er si6(in8s. iflnd that
6e8an her (ifetime if domestic and househo(d duties. ~s a resu(t of takin8
on
th
e
resyonsi6i(itiesif he~in8
to
rear her si6(in8s, she tauBht herself
to
cook, sew, and any other
househo(d chore that was needed. Later, as youn8 woman,
r
Ther
e
sa continued in the domestic
fie(d, workin8 as a
"Private
1)uty I}{ousekeeyer"
to
affTuent fami(ies in the 1'forthern
~c{mondSon ~venu
e
corridor.
~u8ust
16, 1944,
rTheresa
m
arried the
iove
of her (ife, th
e
(ate f}Wosev
e
(t
'
Be(f, who a(ways
riferred
to
her as (('Bri8ht eyes". fJn their union they
loved
and raised four chi(dren; Wi((ie
((Chuckie"; Car[;
'
Bryant and Winston.
r
Th
e
r
e
sa (ov
e
d (if
e
a
n
d found the wor(d
to
6
e
fasc
i
natin8' One if her favorite yast time was
readtn8 and viewin8 the ev
e
nin8 news. She wou(d taCk a60ut the (atest hayyenin8s and cou(d
fi(( you in
on
e
very d
e
taif. One if the major news events that hi8h(i8hted her (ife was the
erection if President 'Barrack 06ama. She was overjoyed
to
6e aiive
to
see the
1
st
'B(ack
President". rTheresa also (oved (istenin8
to
music, shoyyin8 at vinta8e stores, doin8 hair (in
the kitchen) and 6ein8 around famify. She was a 8
e
nt{e syirit
,
caCm and sift-syoken 6ut
yassionate and (oya( with her fri e nds and famify.
Proceedtn8 her in death are rTheresa's chi(dren Wi((ie and 'Bryant. rTo continue her {e8acy
and memories are sons; Carr and Winston
,
her sister 'Marie P(anter; her sister in (aw june
Steward, her 8randchi(dren Chris and Corde([; (ovin8 cousin
'Delores
'Ro6inson; and a host if
other famify, friends and nei8h60rs.
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