Maxine Sharpless Bell, died Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008 at her home in Fairhope.
She was born Jan. 18, 1926 in Walnut Hill, Fla., the daughter of John Castle and Lala Holley Sharpless.
She grew up in Atmore, lived in Warner Robins, Ga., for most of her adult life, and lived in Fairhope for the past five years. She was a member of Daphne United Methodist Church and a former member of the First United Methodist Church of Warner Robins, Ga.
She was a member and the past president of the Warner Robins Women's Club, the Morning Garden Club, and as well as a past officer of the Women's Auxiliary (Alliance) to the Georgia Dental Association. Her love of flowers and art was only surpassed by the love she had for her family and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her sister, Jewel Grace S. Godwin.
Survivors include her devoted husband of 62 years, Dr. Jack A. Bell Sr., Fairhope; son, Dr. J. Alex (Sandy) Bell of Warner Robins; daughter, Pamela Bell (David) Hunter of Daphne; seven grandchildren, Cory (Margaret) Bell-Moore, Jack A. Bell III, and R. Miles Bell, all of Warner Robins, Ga.; D. Ryland Hunter and Emma Maxine Hunter, of Daphne, Leigh-Anne Hunter Polowy, of South Riding, Va., and Laurel Hunter (Todd) Wheeler of Dumfries, Va.; two brothers, Roy C. Sharpless, of San Francisco, and John E. (Martha) Sharpless of Fairhope; two sisters, Geraldine S. (Floyd) Findley of Fairhope and Ellafair S. Cotter, of Foley.
Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7 at Wolfe-Bayview Funeral Home in Fairhope.
Graveside Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9at Magnolia Park Cemetery, Warner Robins, Ga.
The family requests memorial donations be made to Covenant Hospice.
Arrangements are by Wolfe-Bayview Funeral Homes & Crematory Inc., Fairhope.
