FOURTH GENERATION

212. Beulah Alpha Glenn was born on 12 Dec 1898 in Jollyville, Williamson County, Texas. She died on 20 Oct 1976 in Midland, Midland County, Texas. ⁽⁷⁶⁾ She was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Midland, Texas.

From the Midland Reporter Telegram, Thursday, October 21, 1976,m Page 2A, Column 5:


DEATHS

Beulah Bell dies at age 75


Mrs. Beulah Bell, 75, died Wed-nesday night at a Midland nursing home after a lengthy illness.

Services are scheduled tentatively for 2 p.m. Friday at the Newnie W. Ellis Chapel, with burial in a Midland Cemetery.

Mrs. Bell was born Dec. 12, 1893, in Williamson County to an early-day ranching family. She moved to Garden as a child.

She finished her education at Sul Ross State University in Alpine and at West Texas State University in Canyon.

Mrs. Bell then returned to this area and taught school In Stiles several years. She was married to Cody Bell Jan. 25, 1925, and moved to their ranch near Castle Gap. The couple later acquired ranches in Upton County and West and Central Texas. She had lived in Crane and San Angelo a number of years and moved to Midland three years ago from Christoval.

Survivors include her husband Cody Bell Sr. of Midland; a son, Cody Bell Jr., of Rankin; a daughter, Mrs. M. D. Orman of Burnet; two brothers, and three sisters.

She was married to Cody Mood Bell Sr. (son of Merene Duvall Bell and Mary Saleda Russell) on 18 Jan 1925 in Garden City, Glasscock County, Texas.⁽⁵²⁰⁾ Cody Mood Bell Sr. was born on 16 Jul 1894 in Dundee, Texas. He appeared on the census on 9 May 1930 in JP #3, Upton County, Texas. ⁽⁵²¹⁾ He died on 3 Aug 1981 in Tom Green County, Texas. ⁽⁷⁶⁾ He was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Midland, Texas.



From the Midland Reporter-Telegram, Tuesday, August 4, 1981, Page 8A:



DEATHS

Cody Bell Sr.


Cody M. Bell Sr., 87, of Midland, died Monday in a San Angelo hospital after a brief Illness.

Services will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday in the Newnie W. Ellis Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. J. B. Stewart officiating. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Ellis Funeral Home.

Bell was born in Dundee, Texas on July 16, 1894, and moved to Sonora at the age of three in a covered wagon with his family. In 1901, the family homesteaded a ranch In Upton County. He attended school in Midland worked for the Scharbauer Cattle Company. He was married to Beulah Glenn in January 1925. Mrs. Bell preceded him in death Oct. 20, 1976.

He was actively involved in the oil and ranching business in West Texas until his death. He also was a former county commissioner of Upton County. He had been a resident of the Sheraton Hotel for the past several years. He was a lifelong Methodist

Survivors include a son, Cody M. Bell Jr., of Rankin, a daughter, Lillie Beth Orman of Burnet and five grandchildren.
Beulah Alpha Glenn and Cody Mood Bell Sr. had the following children:

+627 i. Lillie Beth Bell.
+628 ii. Cody Mood Bell Jr..