1913-1946
Funeral Planned Friday for Mrs. Ruby Bell, 32, Who Died Tuesday
Services will be held Friday at 2 p.m., for Mrs. Ruby Bell, 32, rural route five, who died Tuesday in Pawating hospital after a short illness.
She was born in Ruleville, Miss., Oct. 21, 1913, and came to Niles from Indianola, Miss., five years ago.
She is survived by her husband, Sylvester Bell, at home; one sister, Mrs. Willie Athony, Niles; and a brother, A.Z. Riley, of Detroit.
The Rev. Dale Alexander will conduct the services from the Second Baptist church, and burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery under the direction of the Pifer funeral home.
(Source: Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, August 28, 1946, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library)