Mrs. Norma "Alice" (Burkeen) Bell, age 89, of Murray, Kentucky, died on Monday, May 31, 2021, at the Towne Square Care of Puryear in Puryear, Tennessee.
She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Murray; she was retired from Kmart.
Mrs. Bell was born in Calloway County, Kentucky on June 7, 1931, to the late John David Burkeen and Pernecy Garland Weatherford.
In addition to her parents, she is also preceded in death by her husband, J. B. Bell; three sisters, Nannie Thompson, Cordelia Carrigan and Nina Brewer; five brothers, Talmadge Burkeen, Obid Burkeen, Robert Burkeen, Frank Burkeen and John H. Grogan; as well as son-in-law, Kenny Pile.
Mrs. Bell is survived by one daughter, Charlotte Pile of Hardinsburg, Kentucky; one son, Dwain Bell and wife Debbie of Murray, Kentucky; two brothers, Charlie Burkeen of Murray, Kentucky and Larry Weatherford of Murray, Kentucky; six grandchildren, Christy Mattingly and husband Matt, Jennie Bourne and husband Eric, Jon Bell and wife Janna, Christopher Pile and wife Jamie, Allison Fackler and husband Roger and Wesley Pile; as well as 15 great-grandchildren also survive.
Funeral Services will be 11:30a.m Saturday, June 5, 2021, in the chapel of the J.H. Churchill Funeral Home and Cremation Services. Rev. Boyd Smith will officiate with burial to follow in the Elm Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be held prior to the funeral on Saturday, June 5, 2021, from 10:00 a.m. till funeral hour at the funeral home.
Expressions of sympathy may be made to the World Missions Fund, First Baptist Church, 203 South 4th Street, Murray, Kentucky 42071.
Online condolences may be made at www.thejhchurchillfuneralhome.com