R F Bell Bellview

A photo of Robert F. Bell on the porch at Bellview Church of Christ includes 3 of the things he loved; his Bible, a cigarette, and his leather hat. The well-worn Bible was he mainstay, and he seriously tried to follow it to the best of his knowledge and lead his family to do the same. The cigarette was a pleasure to him that was not, in those days, a guilty one–he was blissfully unaware of the harm it might cause him or those around him. The leather hat was the little “pride” thing that he loved to wear when he ‘dressed up’. We would brag on how nice he looked and tongue-in-cheek he would say, “I can’t help it”….. A wonderfully fun, admirable, smart, strong, good, lovable man