Etta Bell

Etta Bell, 85, of Madisonville, KY passed away Saturday, March 19, 2016 at Ridgewood Terrace in Madisonville.
Mrs. Bell was born September 3, 1930 in Nelson Creek, KY to the late Harrison Roach and Flora Bransford Roach. She was also preceded in death by her husband, James N. Bell; four sisters, Lucy Roach, Laura Crunk, Elizabeth Nelson, and Cora Smith; and two brothers, Calvin and Edwin Roach.
She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Madisonville. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, Telephone Pioneers of America, the Quilting Compassion Group. She was a telephone operator for Bellsouth. She kept children at First Baptist Church and in her home for many years. She enjoyed quilting, embroidery, crochet, gardening, genealogy, and travel. She was a member of the Captain Stephen Ashby Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, the Cameo Society, the Hopkins County Genealogical Society, the West Central Kentucky Family Resource Center, and she was a Kentucky Colonel.
She is survived by one daughter, Velma Gooden of Madisonville; one granddaughter, Martha (Chris) Gooden-Phelps of Mortons Gap, KY; two great grandchildren, Jacob Travis Phelps and Andrew Gabriel Phelphs; three sisters, Mae Brigance of Dunmore, KY, Nellie Wagner of Hobe Sound, FL, and Merril (L.B.) Gaston of Marion, KY; and a sister-in-law, Wanda Roach of Lewisburg, KY.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at Barnett-Strother Funeral Home with Rev. Bill and Trace McCann officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens.
Visitation will be from 4:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. Tuesday and after 10:00 A.M. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions can be made to the First United Methodist Church Missions. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.