Roland A. Bell

Roland A. Bell, 81, of Lone Oak, Ky., passed Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021, at his home.
Roland was a longtime member of Lone Oak First Baptist Church. He had a way of letting you know he was from Tennessee and supported all sports that involved “The Big Orange.”
He was a 1958 graduate of Sharon High School and attended Bethel College, where he received his teaching degree. He taught school and coached after college in Tennessee.
Roland enjoyed playing golf, hunting deer and rabbits, fishing and just being able to be outdoors. He retired as an insurance adjuster.
Survivors include his wife of 44 years, Frances Clarke Bell; one daughter, Beth Bell Smithson of South Fulton; one son, Brian (Paula) Bell of Lone Oak; two sisters, Charlotte (Charles Lee) Flowers of Crossville and Shirley (Phil) Macumber of Winterset, Iowa; four grandchildren, J.R. Adams, Erin (Travis) Vickery, Katie Carrier and Reese Bell; two great-grandchildren, Ezra Vickery and Stetson Carrier; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his daughter, Carrie Downing Bell Adams “CD” McCord; and his parents, R.A. Bell and Euleane Gardner Bell.
Memorial services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at the Lone Oak Chapel of Milner & Orr Funeral Home, with the Rev. Bob Martin officiating.
Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. until the hour of services Friday at the funeral home.
Expressions of sympathy may be made to Lone Oak Baptist Church for the Tornado Victims in Tennessee and Kentucky; 3601 Lone Oak Road, Paducah, KY 42001; CD McCord Special Education Fund, McCracken County Schools, 6530 Old Highway 60, Paducah, KY 42001 or to the CD McCord Scholarship, Paducah City Schools, 800 Caldwell St., Paducah, KY 42003.
Milner & Orr Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Published 12.15.21