AUGUSTA, Ga. - Mr. Ernest Bell, Jr. entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, March 4, 2008 at the Aiken Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 8, 2008 at 2 p.m. at The Church of Deliverance in Springfield, S.C. with the Reverend Tyler officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. He leaves to carry on his beloved memory a wife, Birda Bell, Augusta; one son, Ernest Darnell Bell, Springfield, S.C.; five stepdaughters; two stepsons; one brother; one sister; a host of grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and other relatives. The family will receive friends on Friday, March 7, 2008 at 6 p.m. at the family home for those in Augusta. The family will also receive friends at the residence of his brother March 7, 2008 at 6 p.m. for those persons in the Springfield area. The procession will leave from the residence of his brother on the day of services. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. on Friday evening at the funeral home in Springfield, S.C. For further information, you may contact the funeral home or the residence of his brother. Sign the guestbook at AugustaChronicle.com

The Augusta Chronicle-March 7, 2008