WWW.THESTATE.COM B4 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2009 THE STATE, COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA OBITUARIES Dayton, Tennessee. A longtime resident of Rhea he was a member of SAE at the University of South Carolina and got his masters degree from the University of North Carolina and was retired from Old Dominion Box Company. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy serving in WWII and was a member of the first United Methodist Church of Dayton. He was preceded in death by his parents, John Witherspoon, Sr.and Marguerite Fogler Bell; brother, Charles Bell. He is survived by his wife, Mary Bell of Dayton, Tennessee, whom he married February 5, 1955, in Columbia, South Carolina; 3 children, Rev. John Bruce Bell, Marion, Indiana, Ann Bell Riley and Barnwell Baker Bell, all of Dayton, Tennessee; 2 grandchildren, Jeremy Riley, Jessica Riley Stinnett; 5 great-grandchildren; nephew, Charles E. Bell, Beaufort, South Carolina. Services will be held 1:00 p.m.Thursday at the chapel of Coulter Garrison Funeral Home. Vi...
