Dulcenia Bell—1946-2010
Posted by Stuart on 03/09 at 06:59 PM
DULCENIA WILLIAMS BELL ENTERED INTO ETERNAL REST ON MONDAY, MARCH 1, 2010 AT MCV/VCU HEALTH SYSTEMS, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.
MRS. BELL WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 2, 1946 IN NEW KENT, VA TO MARION W. WILLIAMS AND THE LATE THOMAS R. (BLUE) WILLIAMS.
MRS. BELL GRADUATED FROM GEORGE W. WATKINS HIGH SCHOOL IN 1965. SHE RECEIVED HER BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN BUSINESS EDUCATION FROM HAMPTON INSTITUTE (HAMPTON UNIVERSITY) IN 1969. IN ADDITION, SHE RECEIVED A MASTER’S DEGREE IN BUSINESS EDUCATION FROM VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY IN 1975. SHE COMPLETED FURTHER STUDY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA AND J. SARGENT REYNOLDS COMMUNITY COLLEGE. AFTER RECEIVING HER BACHELOR’S DEGREE FROM HAMPTON INSTITUTE, SHE WORKED FOR HARTFORD INSURANCE COMPANY AND SOUTHERN BANK. SHE THEN BEGAN HER CAREER AS A BUSINESS TEACHER AT NEW KENT HIGH SCHOOL. SHE RETIRED FROM NEW KENT HIGH SCHOOL IN 2001 AFTER THIRTY YEARS OF SERVICE. MRS. BELL WAS NOMINATED TWICE TO BE HONORED IN WHO’S WHO AMONG TEACHERS’ TEACHERS.
MRS. BELL JOINED SECOND LIBERTY BAPTIST CHURCH ON SEPTEMBER 19, 1954. SHE WAS A FORMER SUNDAY SCHOOL AND VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL TEACHER, A MEMBER OF THE FLOWER COMMITTEE, AND WAS A TRUSTEE. IN ADDITION, SHE WAS CO-CHAIR OF THE CARD MINISTRY, MEMBER OF THE MISSIONARY MINISTRY, WOMEN IN CHRIST MINISTRY, AND SCHOLARSHIP MINISTRY. SHE OFFERED DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP TO SEVERAL SERVICE AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING CHARLES CITY/NEW KENT RETIRED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, NEW KENT CIVIC LEAGUE, NEW KENT NAACP, NEW KENT CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ADVISORY COUNCIL, AND THE WILLIAMSBURG ALUMNAE CHAPTER OF DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY, INC. SHE WAS A FORMER MEMBER OF THE CHICKAHOMINY YMCA BOARD OF DIRECTORS. IN 2005, THE YMCA AWARDED HER THE DR. ROWE VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD FOR GETTING THE MOST DONORS FOR THE SEED OF HOPE CAMPAIGN.
MRS. BELL ENJOYED DOING THINGS WITH HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS. HER CHILDREN AND GRANDSON WER HER PRIDE AND JOY. ANYONE WHO MET DULCENIA WILL NEVER FORGET HER ENTHUSIAM FOR LIFE, SWEET SPIRIT, AND THE WARM, LOVING FRIEND SHE WAS TO MANY. SHE REMEMBERED EVERYBODY’S BIRTHDAY AND ANNIVERSARY WITH A CARD OR PRESENT. IT WAS A JOY FOR HER TO EXPRESS HER LOVE OR APPRECIATION TO SOMEONE BY GIVING THEM A CARD OR GIFT SHE THOUGHT THEY WOULD LIKE.
SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER FATHER, THOMAS R. (BLUE) WILLIAMS, SISTERS JUNE THORNTON AND ORA TAYLOR, AND BROTHER RICHARD WILLIAMS. SHE LEAVES TO CHERISH HER MEMORIES HER HUSBAND OF THIRTY-NINE YEARS WARREN; SON ALLEN (STUART); DAUGHTER TERI, AND FIANCE MUYIWA; GRANDSON, QUENTIN; NIECE AND “ADOPTED DAUGHTER” TRINA; MOTHER, MARION WILLIAMS; BROTHERS THOMAS O. (LYNN) OF ALABAMA, BERNARD M. (JUNE) OF SANDSTON, EUGENE R. (JOYCE), CHARLES T. (JOYCE), AND SISTER MARION BANKS (IRVING) ALL OF NEW KENT, VA; FATHER-IN-LAW AND MOTHER-IN-LAW MR. AND MRS. RUDOLPH BELL; BROTHERS-IN-LAW, RUDOLPH BELL (MARIAN) AND ROD TAYLOR (JUANITA); SISTERS-IN-LAW, CLARICE WILLIAMS, JOYCE BELL, CONNIE BARNES, CHARMAE JACKSON (MELVIN); STEP SISTERS-IN-LAW AGATHA PORTERFIELD AND SUSAN MILES (ANTHONY); AND SEVERAL AUNTS, UNCLES, AND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, AND LOVING FRIENDS.
She will surely be missed. What a wonderful grandmother Quentin was blessed to have and her smile will live on in him.
Posted by barbara on 03/18 at 09:25 AM