Born in Hodges, she was a daughter of the late Jesse and Martha Hodges Timms. She was a member of Walnut Grove Baptist Church. She was retired from Park Seed Company. As a child she attended the one room school at Walnut Grove. She was twice married, first to the late Lee Bell.
Surviving are a son, Robert Lee Bell, Jr. (Lona) of Hodges, three daughters, Martha Surles of Stockbridge, Ga., Sandra Griffith (Walter) of Gastonia, NC, and Karen Bell (Harold) of Union , SC, two sisters, Martha Ezell and Mildred McAlister, both of Greenwood, four grandchildren, Mike Griffith, Rickey Surles, Sonya Hogan, and Katie Durham, and eight Great-Grandchildren. She was pre-deceased by three brothers, Woodrow, Paul and Melvin Timms, and two sisters, Mary Timms and Elizabeth Cooper.
Graveside services will be held at 1 P.M. Monday, September 5, 2016 at Greenville Presbyterian Church Cemetery with Rev. Charles Robertson officiating.
The family will receive friends from 12 to 1 P.M. Monday at Greenville Presbyterian Church. The family is at the home her son, Robert Bell, Jr., 6625 Highway 178 North, Hodges. Memorials may be made Hospice of the Piedmont, 408 W. Alexander Ave., Greenwood, SC 29646. Online condolences may be made at www.ParkerWhitePruitt.com
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