Gladys Ruth Bell

Gladys Ruth Bell, 82, went to be with the Lord on Friday, October 5, 2012 at Byrd Haven Nursing Home. She was born October 30, 1929 to the late Walter Steward and Clara Mae Posey Steward.
Mrs. Bell was of the Baptist faith.

In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Ira Clinton Bell; two daughters, Evelyn Ruth Bell and Deborah Kay Bell; seven brothers, Hilman Steward, Marvin Steward, Wayne Steward, Leon Steward, Lloyd Steward, Hayston Steward, and Winston Lowe; two sisters, Mae Steward and Marion Garner.

She is survived by her children; one son, Monte C. Bell of Sturgis, Kentucky; one daughter, Virginia Dianne Johnston husband James of Searcy, Arkansas; three grandchildren and three great grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.

Visiting hours will be 6-8 P.M. Sunday, October 7, 2012 at the Searcy-McEuen Funeral Home. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 P.M. Monday in the Searcy-McEuen Funeral Home Chapel with burial following at Henderson Cemetery in Pangburn, Arkansas