Obituary: Beverly Lee DeBell, 88, Cox’s Creek

BEVERLY LEE DEBELL

Beverly Lee DeBell, 88, of Cox’s Creek, went home to his heavenly father on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018, at Green Meadows Nursing Home in Mount Washington. He was born Dec. 19, 1929, in Bardstown and was the eighth child of 10 children born to the late Cloud Sr. and Hallie Wilson DeBell. He was retired from General Electric and was a member of Riverview Baptist Church where he was a former deacon and trustee. He was a 65-year member of Jeffersontown Masonic Lodge #774 and a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean Conflict. He married Bertha Lea Cox on June 4, 1955. They were blessed with 63 years together and three children. He was beloved by his entire family and extended family.

In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by one daughter, Rhonda Louise DeBell; one sister, Elsie Anderson; six brothers, Marvin DeBell, Cloud DeBell Jr., Samuel DeBell, the Rev. S. Woodrow DeBell, M.A. DeBell and Eugene DeBell.

Survivors include one daughter, Cynthia DeBell Price Lindell (Larry) of Cox’s Creek; one son, Steven Lee DeBell (Rhonda) of Jeffersontown; two brothers, the Rev. Jerry DeBell (Diane) of Alabama, and the Rev. Richard DeBell (Grace) of Morningview; two grandchildren, Sarah Lea Price and Emily Jo Oliver Price; three great-grandchildren, Mark Durbin, Cole Durbin and Clay Durbin; and many nieces and nephews.

The funeral is 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018, at the Houghlin-Greenwell Funeral Home with Bro. Charles Frazier officiating. Burial is in Highland Memory Gardens.

Visitation is 2-8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2, 2018, and after 8 a.m. Saturday at the Houghlin-Greenwell Funeral Home, 1475 New Shepherdsville Road.

The family requests expressions of sympathy take the form of contributions to Riverview Baptist Church Building Fund.

The Houghlin-Greenwell Funeral Home in in charge of arrangements.

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