The Bell Conference Center is named in memory of Eulon C. and Loraine
McIlwain Bell. Mrs. Bell was born in Gilbertown, Alabama, and attended
Alabama Normal College (now the University of West Alabama) during the
presidency of Dr. G.W. Brock. After two years of college, she received a
teacher's certificate and began a teaching career in Gilbertown. Although
Mrs. Bell followed the wishes of her father and became a teacher, her heart's
desire was to work in the medical profession as a nurse. Therefore, after
several years of teaching, she realized her dream and worked as a practical
nurse for Dr. C.A. Jackson and Dr. Johnnie Ruth Walton. She married Eulon
Clifford Bell of Northport. Mr. Bell worked as a bookkeeper for the
AT&N railroad in Gilbertown. Later, Mr. Bell owned a dry cleaning shop
in Gilbertown, and he worked for W.A. Green cleaners in York until his death in
1946. Mr. and Mrs. Bell had four children, the oldest of which was Eulon
Clifford Bell, Jr., followed by Richard Bell, Sarah Bell Cunningham and Louise
Bell Bradberry. At the age of seventy-two, Mrs. Bell retired from her
career as a nurse at Hill Hospital in York, Alabama.
The Bell Conference Center is named in memory of Eulon C. and Loraine
McIlwain Bell. Mrs. Bell was born in Gilbertown, Alabama, and attended
Alabama Normal College (now the University of West Alabama) during the
presidency of Dr. G.W. Brock. After two years of college, she received a
teacher's certificate and began a teaching career in Gilbertown. Although
Mrs. Bell followed the wishes of her father and became a teacher, her heart's
desire was to work in the medical profession as a nurse. Therefore, after
several years of teaching, she realized her dream and worked as a practical
nurse for Dr. C.A. Jackson and Dr. Johnnie Ruth Walton. She married Eulon
Clifford Bell of Northport. Mr. Bell worked as a bookkeeper for the
AT&N railroad in Gilbertown. Later, Mr. Bell owned a dry cleaning shop
in Gilbertown, and he worked for W.A. Green cleaners in York until his death in
1946. Mr. and Mrs. Bell had four children, the oldest of which was Eulon
Clifford Bell, Jr., followed by Richard Bell, Sarah Bell Cunningham and Louise
Bell Bradberry. At the age of seventy-two, Mrs. Bell retired from her
career as a nurse at Hill Hospital in York, Alabama.