Graveside service with full military honors for SFC (Retired) Percy Joseph Bell will be 11:00 A.M. Monday, September 13, 2021 at Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin.

Arrangements are under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home.

The family will greet friends from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. Wednesday, September 8, 2021 at the funeral home.

SFC (Retired) Percy Joseph Bell passed peacefully August 24, 2021 at the Lawton/Fort Sill Veteran Center. He was born in Marion Station, Maryland on March 31, 1951 to Charles A. Bell, Sr. and Viola Jackson.  He was educated in Somerset County Public Schools and was a lifetime member of Marion United Methodist Church in Marion.

Joe enlisted in the Army shortly after graduation from Woodson High.  He retired from the Army after 20 years of service with many medals and honors including the Bronze Star Medal.

He was a carpenter, loved fishing and restoring old cars and trucks.

He will sadly be missed by his surviving children, Joseph, Marcus and wife Melody Trainer, Precious Bell, and Dante Bishop;  his grandchildren, Sharita, Dontae, Wenetta, Desteni, Joseph, Jr, Bailey, Xavier, Ontonio, Jack-Jacob, and Nathaniel.  He will be missed by his ten great grandchildren, his brothers, Charles Jr. (Cathy), Donald (Angela) and Robert Bell, sisters, Dorothy, Doreen and Darleen and sister-in-law, Joyce (Ronald, deceased).

He is preceded in death by his loving parents, Charles and Viola Bell, his brother, Ronald and his grandson,Antonio and granddaughter, Ci'Lina.