Woodrow W. “Woody and Junior” Bell, Jr., 78, of Owensboro, gained his reward in Heaven on Friday, January 13, 2023 at Hermitage Care & Rehabilitation. He was born on September 18, 1944 in Bowling Green, KY to the late Lucille & Woodrow Bell, Sr. Woody retired from HT Hackney Trucking Company. He was a member of First Assembly of God Church for 74 years. He enjoyed fishing, NASCAR, and watching western movies, the Weather Channel and basketball. He loved biscuits and gravy with tomatoes and visiting the Smoky Mountains. But most of all, he loved spending time with his granddaughters.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Mary Elizabeth Walker.
Survivors include his wife of 57 years and the love of his life, Marriam Bell; two sons, Terry (Kim) Bell and Allen (Sherri) Bell; two grandchildren, Brittany Bell and Rebecca Dockery (Rylan); two step-grandchildren, Jeffrey Glass and Jeremy Glass.
Services will be 1 p.m. on Thursday, January 19, 2023 at First Assembly of God Church, 2805 W. 4th Street, Owensboro, KY. Burial will be in Rosehill Cemetery. Visitation is from 3 to 8 on Wednesday at James H. Davis Funeral Home & Crematory and from 11 a.m. until the time of service on Thursday at the church.
Expressions of sympathy may take the form of donations to First Assembly of God Church, 2805 W. 4th Street, Owensboro, KY 42301.