LOUISBURG - Thyra Mae Bell, 94, died Tuesday morning, Nov. 5, 2019. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of Strickland Funeral Home. Burial will follow in New Hope Christian Church cemetery. The family will receive friends immediately following the service at the home of her daughter, Faye Gupton, 92 Derek Lee Dr., Louisburg.
Mrs. Bell was a daughter of the late Doal Bady Price and Julia Alice Mitchell Price. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, G.B. Bell, Jr., and her great-grandson John Gupton; sisters, Mildred Rayburn, Elsie Perry, Dicie Strother, Alice King and Marlene Maynard; brothers, Bobby Price, Durwood Price, Raeford Price and Luther Price.
She was a member of Duke Memorial Baptist Church. She loved quilting.
Surviving: her daughters, Faye Gupton of Louisburg, Brenda Perry (Roy) of Garner, Diane Boyd (Frank) of Butner, Connie Bulloch (Jim) of Garner; sons, Earl Bell (Judy) of Franklinton, Barry Bell of Louisburg; 12 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren.
Arrangements are by Strickland Funeral Home & Crematory, Louisburg, www.stricklandfuneralhome.net. |