Mrs. Bobbie Jean Bell died Friday, May 18, 2018, at Merit Health River Region Medical Center.  She was 79.

Mrs. Bell was a life-long resident of Utica. She was preceded in death by her parents Walker Ray and Mary Louise Moore; her husband Robert E. Bell; her son Daniel Ray Bell and her sister Mary Lynn Kirkfield.

She is survived by her son Byron Bell and her brother Roy Wayne Moore.

A graveside service will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 21, 2018 at Wintergreen Cemetery.