WILLIAM BELL
1955
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LOCAL BASEBALL HERO DIES AT 86
William (Billy)
Mr. Bell was a native of
Rev. Ernest Hopper, pastor of Church of the Nazarene, conducted
the funeral service at
Mr. Bell's wife died many years ago. He is survived by a
son, Merrill Bell, Mt. Vernon; two daughters, Mrs. Wood and Mrs. Charles John,
both of Mt. Vernon; a stepson, Thomas Causey, Evansville; 12 grandchildren; 15
great-grandchildren and on great-great-grandchild.
"Billy" Bell had the reputation of being one of the
first curve ball baseball pitchers in the Tri-State area. Players of
by-gone days, always said he had an assortment of the widest curves of any
pitcher they ever saw when he was a member of the famed Mt. Vernon Red Jacket
Pumps, a local baseball team.
His interest in the diamond sport never dimmed and until the
infirmities of his advanced age incapacitated him he attend all local baseball
games.
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Originally submitted by Betty Sellers