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Mrs. Bell S. Toole Obituary
San Angelo Standard Sep 23 1978
TOOLE
Monahans-- Mrs. BELL S. TOOLE, 98, of Monahans, died Thursday
afternoon (Sept 21 1978), in Ward Memorial Hospital following a
brief illness.
Services will be at 2: p.m. Sunday at Southside
Baptist Church. Burial will be in Lames Memorial Parks Cemetery under
the direction of Wilson-Miller Funeral Home.
Mrs. Toole was born Oct 27, 1879 in Blanco County
and had been a residence of Monahans, since 1959. A retired teacher,
she received her teaching certificate at the age of 16 and began
teaching in Ozona in 1896. She graduated from Sam Houston
Teachers College and taught three more years in Ozona. She was
married to JOHN L. TOOLE on Sept 30, 1902.
Mr. Toole preceded her in death in 1958.
She retired from the teaching profession at the age
of 65. She was an active member of Southside Baptist Church, a
member of the Monahans and Ward County Retired Teachers Association.,
the National Retired Teachers Association and the Historical Society
of Odessa. In 1968 she won first place in historical writing at
a writers roundup
in Odessa.
Survivors include four daughters, OTTIE BELL
SPEED of Beaumont, VARUE CHENAULT of Houston, CHRISTINA ANDERSON
of Little Rock, Ark., and VIRGINIA REED of Monahans: a son JOHN
TOOLE of Wichita Falls: a sister Mrs. ELLA CASBEER of Eldorado;
nine grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, and two
great-grandchildren.
Submitted by
Betty Varner on October 10, 2003
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