Martha Jane Clayton Bell passed away on October 4, 2021. She was born November 7, 1932, in Kerens, Texas to John Cowan and Edith Olive Wilkes Clayton. After graduation from Kerens High School, she attended Southwestern University in Georgetown. On December 24, 1950 she married Joe Frank Bell of Hubbard.
While raising their six children, she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Baylor University and a Masters of Education from Tarleton State University. This was the beginning of a long career in education. Martha taught high school English and art in a number of school districts in Florida and Texas. She then served as principal of Hubbard High School for numerous years. Following her retirement, she continued teaching at TSTC, McLennan Community College, Hill College and Navarro College.
Always creative, her talents were many and varied. She was one of the first teachers in the Head Start program. For several years she reported the local news on KHBR Radio from her home in Hubbard. She was a talented painter and locally taught painting classes. She enjoyed sewing, but her passion was quilting with the Quilters for Christ at the First United Methodist Church of Hubbard where she was a member. Other interests included gardening, reading, singing and genealogy. As her children grew up, Martha made a welcoming home for them and their friends. She will be remembered for her generosity and sense of fairness.
She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband Joe Frank Bell, and her sister Mary (Clayton) Cole.
She is survived by her children: Jo Anne Bell Hull of Irving, James Bell and wife, Linda of Irving, Judy Rainey and husband, Bob of Waco, Jean Carrell and husband, Kenny of Mt. Vernon, Frank Bell and wife, Sandy of Springtown, and Mary Jane Moreau and husband, Jon of Dallas.
She is also survived by 15 grandchildren: Wade Hull, Natalie Hull, Clayton Bell, Davis Bell, Michael Valentine, Russell Valentine, Richard Rainey, Pamela Rainey Feldman, Steven Rainey, Sam Carrell, Kyle Carrell, Amber Bell, Brian Bell, Jett Moreau, and Josey Moreau.
She is survived by 11 great grandchildren: Joey Hull, Jordan Hull, Joe Bell, Ben Bell, Lily Bell, Maggie Bell, Alex Rainey, Lilly Rainey, Benjamin Baber, Ella Carrell, and Jackson Bell. Additionally, she is survived by numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
While raising their six children, she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Baylor University and a Masters of Education from Tarleton State University. This was the beginning of a long career in education. Martha taught high school English and art in a number of school districts in Florida and Texas. She then served as principal of Hubbard High School for numerous years. Following her retirement, she continued teaching at TSTC, McLennan Community College, Hill College and Navarro College.
Always creative, her talents were many and varied. She was one of the first teachers in the Head Start program. For several years she reported the local news on KHBR Radio from her home in Hubbard. She was a talented painter and locally taught painting classes. She enjoyed sewing, but her passion was quilting with the Quilters for Christ at the First United Methodist Church of Hubbard where she was a member. Other interests included gardening, reading, singing and genealogy. As her children grew up, Martha made a welcoming home for them and their friends. She will be remembered for her generosity and sense of fairness.
She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband Joe Frank Bell, and her sister Mary (Clayton) Cole.
She is survived by her children: Jo Anne Bell Hull of Irving, James Bell and wife, Linda of Irving, Judy Rainey and husband, Bob of Waco, Jean Carrell and husband, Kenny of Mt. Vernon, Frank Bell and wife, Sandy of Springtown, and Mary Jane Moreau and husband, Jon of Dallas.
She is also survived by 15 grandchildren: Wade Hull, Natalie Hull, Clayton Bell, Davis Bell, Michael Valentine, Russell Valentine, Richard Rainey, Pamela Rainey Feldman, Steven Rainey, Sam Carrell, Kyle Carrell, Amber Bell, Brian Bell, Jett Moreau, and Josey Moreau.
She is survived by 11 great grandchildren: Joey Hull, Jordan Hull, Joe Bell, Ben Bell, Lily Bell, Maggie Bell, Alex Rainey, Lilly Rainey, Benjamin Baber, Ella Carrell, and Jackson Bell. Additionally, she is survived by numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
Martha Jane Clayton Bell passed away on October 4, 2021. She was born November 7, 1932, in Kerens, Texas to John Cowan and Edith Olive Wilkes Clayton. After graduation from Kerens High School, she attended Southwestern University in Georgetown. On December 24, 1950 she married Joe Frank Bell of Hubbard.
While raising their six children, she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Baylor University and a Masters of Education from Tarleton State University. This was the beginning of a long career in education. Martha taught high school English and art in a number of school districts in Florida and Texas. She then served as principal of Hubbard High School for numerous years. Following her retirement, she continued teaching at TSTC, McLennan Community College, Hill College and Navarro College.
Always creative, her talents were many and varied. She was one of the first teachers in the Head Start program. For several years she reported the local news on KHBR Radio from her home in Hubbard. She was a talented painter and locally taught painting classes. She enjoyed sewing, but her passion was quilting with the Quilters for Christ at the First United Methodist Church of Hubbard where she was a member. Other interests included gardening, reading, singing and genealogy. As her children grew up, Martha made a welcoming home for them and their friends. She will be remembered for her generosity and sense of fairness.
She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband Joe Frank Bell, and her sister Mary (Clayton) Cole.
She is survived by her children: Jo Anne Bell Hull of Irving, James Bell and wife, Linda of Irving, Judy Rainey and husband, Bob of Waco, Jean Carrell and husband, Kenny of Mt. Vernon, Frank Bell and wife, Sandy of Springtown, and Mary Jane Moreau and husband, Jon of Dallas.
She is also survived by 15 grandchildren: Wade Hull, Natalie Hull, Clayton Bell, Davis Bell, Michael Valentine, Russell Valentine, Richard Rainey, Pamela Rainey Feldman, Steven Rainey, Sam Carrell, Kyle Carrell, Amber Bell, Brian Bell, Jett Moreau, and Josey Moreau.
She is survived by 11 great grandchildren: Joey Hull, Jordan Hull, Joe Bell, Ben Bell, Lily Bell, Maggie Bell, Alex Rainey, Lilly Rainey, Benjamin Baber, Ella Carrell, and Jackson Bell. Additionally, she is survived by numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
While raising their six children, she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Baylor University and a Masters of Education from Tarleton State University. This was the beginning of a long career in education. Martha taught high school English and art in a number of school districts in Florida and Texas. She then served as principal of Hubbard High School for numerous years. Following her retirement, she continued teaching at TSTC, McLennan Community College, Hill College and Navarro College.
Always creative, her talents were many and varied. She was one of the first teachers in the Head Start program. For several years she reported the local news on KHBR Radio from her home in Hubbard. She was a talented painter and locally taught painting classes. She enjoyed sewing, but her passion was quilting with the Quilters for Christ at the First United Methodist Church of Hubbard where she was a member. Other interests included gardening, reading, singing and genealogy. As her children grew up, Martha made a welcoming home for them and their friends. She will be remembered for her generosity and sense of fairness.
She is preceded in death by her parents, her husband Joe Frank Bell, and her sister Mary (Clayton) Cole.
She is survived by her children: Jo Anne Bell Hull of Irving, James Bell and wife, Linda of Irving, Judy Rainey and husband, Bob of Waco, Jean Carrell and husband, Kenny of Mt. Vernon, Frank Bell and wife, Sandy of Springtown, and Mary Jane Moreau and husband, Jon of Dallas.
She is also survived by 15 grandchildren: Wade Hull, Natalie Hull, Clayton Bell, Davis Bell, Michael Valentine, Russell Valentine, Richard Rainey, Pamela Rainey Feldman, Steven Rainey, Sam Carrell, Kyle Carrell, Amber Bell, Brian Bell, Jett Moreau, and Josey Moreau.
She is survived by 11 great grandchildren: Joey Hull, Jordan Hull, Joe Bell, Ben Bell, Lily Bell, Maggie Bell, Alex Rainey, Lilly Rainey, Benjamin Baber, Ella Carrell, and Jackson Bell. Additionally, she is survived by numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
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