This memorial website was created in memory of our loved one, CAPT Frank A. Bell, Jr. (Ret.), 89, born on August 18, 1926 and bid farewell to this world on May 23, 2016. We will remember him forever
Frank was born in Dallas, TX. He had two sisters, Betty Bell Tatman and Barbara Bell.Blass. His father, Frank A. Bell, Sr., was born and raised in Liverpool, England and his mother, Alice Adams Bell, was born in Cleburne,TX. He is survived by his wife, Jennifer Lowery-Bell, J.D., his sons Frank Bell, Russell Bell, Randall Bell and his nephew George Pete Tatman in Dallas, TX. His stepchildren are LCDR Reneé Payne Baggott, Ph.D., Warren Payne and William Payne, and his two grandchildren, Olivia Rose and David Patrick Baggott. Frank completed high school at North Dallas High. Frank was in the ROTC at Tulane University where he received his BS in Civil Engineering.He was a member of the Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity and a member of Tau Beta Pi , Engineering Honor Society. while at Tulane University.. He was commissioned in the U. S. Navy during WWII. He then joined the United States Public Health Service and later received his Master’s Degree in Chemistry from the University of Cincinnati. In his early years. He ran for the Bethesda Maryland School Board.. Frank received many honors and certificates as a professional engineer at the Environmental Protection Agency where he later retired. He spent his last years working in the senior program at the National Caucus & Center on Black Aging, Inc. as a Health Scientist at the EPA Office one day a week in Washington, DC until May 19, 2016.
Frank lived a full and glorious life.
A Memorial Service will be held at J.B. Jenkins Funeral Home, Inc. 7474 Landover Rd. Hyattsville, MD 20785 on his birthday, August 18, 2016 from 12:30-1:30pm. The Honor Guard will be held at Cheltenham Veteran’s Cemetery 11301 Crain HWY Cheltenham, MD 20623 at 2:30 pm. His memorial website can be found at www.forevermissed.com and type in Frank Bell in the “Visit a memorial” search bar.
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