Flonnie W. Bell

April 24, 1921 - September 30, 2018

Mrs. Flonnie Willis Bell, 97, went home to be with the Lord on the early morning of Sunday, September 30, 2018 in Mooreland. Flonnie was born April 24, 1921 in Monticello, Kentucky a daughter of the late Samuel and Eva (Mason) Bell. Flonnie went to school in the Piney Woods community near Albany, Kentucky where as a young girl, she developed a love for music which would become the legacy of her family. In Kentucky, she sang with her siblings and they together won a local talent contest. She was a talented musician playing the acoustic guitar as well as the mandolin. As a young lady, she raised horses and showed them. She then married he love of her life, Millard F. Bell, and after his discharge from the Army they moved their family to Indiana. She worked as an attendant at the laundramat at the corner of East Memorial Drive and Manhatten Street for 10 years and also worked as a food sampler at local grocery stores giving samples to shoppers. She was a member of the Tabernacle of Praise in Muncie. Flonnie was a kind and gentle lady and loved her family and being with them. Flonnie is survived by her children, Wanda Ruble, Aaron Bell and Eric Bell; her daughter-in-law, Linda Bell; 14 grandchilden, several great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren as well as her brother, Les (Irene) Bell and several nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in passing by her husband, Millard F. Bell; her sons, Cliff Bell and Randy Bell; infant twins, Don and Evonne Bell; her siblings and their spouses, Woodrow (Vivian) Bell, Wendell Bell, Odell Bell, Wilma (John) Cherry and Gladys Lewellen. A Celebration of Life will be at 12:00pm, Thursday, October 25, 2018 at Community Fellowship Foursquare North, 2408 N. Oakwood Ave. in Muncie, with her grandson, Rev. Brian Bell officiating. The family will receive friends from 11:00 am until the hour of the service at the church. Sproles Family Funeral Home, New Castle, is honored to serve the family of Mrs. Flonnie Bell.