Charlene Jacqueline Haggard Bell of Covington passed away May 14, 2016, the age of 82. Charlene was born August 2, 1933, at 10 Poplar Street, Porterdale, Georgia. She moved to Covington, Georgia in 1943, where she attended elementary school and Newton County High School. Charlene married Richard Bell in 1954. Richard was a graduate of Emory at Oxford College. During the time they lived in Cartersville, Georgia, she attended Coosa Valley Technical College in Rome, Georgia. They lived for 11years in North Canton, Ohio, where Richard was an executive with Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in Akron, Ohio. Charlene was a faithful member of Covington First Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by husband, Richard Bell; parents, Charles and Willie Mae Mozell Haggard; sisters, Doris Hatchell, Hazel Cordell and Gladys Kerbow.
Survivors include her son, R. Allen Bell and his wife, Rita of Portland, Maine; grandson, Nicholas Bell and his wife, Jaclyn of Powder Springs, GA; granddaughter, Tiffany Bell of Crawfordsville, AK; twin brother, Charles Haggard and his wife, Sharon; brother, Sid Haggard and his wife, Jeanette; sister, Marion Hampton; several nieces and nephews.
Funeral Services for Mrs. Bell will be held Thursday, May 19, 2016, 11:00 AM, at the Chapel of Caldwell & Cowan Funeral Home, 3134 Floyd Street in Covington, with Rev. Ralph Meaker and Ralph Johnson officiating. Interment will follow in Sunset Memory Gardens, 790 Indian Mounds Road, Cartersville, GA 30120, at 3:00 PM. Friends may join the family for visitation at the funeral home Wednesday, May 18, from 6:00 - 8:00 PM. In lieu of flowers, Charlene requested contributions be made to Emory's Winship Cancer Institute, https://winshipcancer.emory.edu/support-winship or Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Development Office,1762 Clifton Road, Suite 1400, Atlanta, GA 30322.
Visitation
MAY
18.
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM (EDT)
Caldwell & Cowan Funeral Home - Floyd Street Location
3134 Floyd Street NE
Covington, GA, 30014
Funeral Service
MAY
19.
11:00 AM (EDT)
Caldwell & Cowan Funeral Home - Floyd Street Location
3134 Floyd Street NE
Covington, GA, 30014