Mrs. Edna Earl Allen Bell, 79, died Sunday, Sept. 4, 2011 in Flomaton. She was a native of Milligan, Fla., and a resident of Flomaton for the past 59 years. She was a homemaker, an avid fisherman and attended the Pleasant Home Holiness Church.
She was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Cecilia Fuqua, her parents, Henry and Louise Allen; and two brothers, Lamont Allen and Jimmy Allen.
She is survived by her husband of 59 years, William Kilby Bell of Flomaton; two sons, James Randolph and Krisy Bell of Pollard; Brian Keith and Sandy Bell of Jay, Fla., two daughters, Cynthia “Cindy” Bell and Robert Martin of Range, Polly Ann Fuqua of Kirksville, Mo.; six grandchildren, Jennifer Merchant, Josh Martin, John Fuqua, Jeremy Martin, Matthew Bell and Risa Bolivar; seven great-grandchildren, four brothers, John Allen and Bobby Allen, both of Bonifay, Fla., Billy and Phyllisa Allen of Palaska, Tenn., Larry Allen of Pensacola, Fla.; four sisters, Hazel Gibbs, Barbara Raughton and Linda and Jimmy Baker all of Pensacola, Fla., and Sherry and Tony Kutch of North Carolina.
Visitation will be held Thursday, Sept. 8 from 6 to 9 p.m. at Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home.
Funeral services will be held Friday, Sept. 9 at 2 p.m. at the Petty-Eastside Chapel Funeral Home with the Rev. G.W. Birdson officiating.
Burial will follow at Rock Cemetery.