Clifton Bell, 87, of New Brighton, who is remembered for his generosity and kindness, died Sunday at Richmond University Medical Center in West Brighton.
Born in Godwin, North Carolina, he moved to Manhattan with family as a child. He and Lena Meikle married in 1958 and settled in Brooklyn. Mr. Bell moved to New Brighton three years ago.
He graduated with honors at age sixteen from Stuyvesant High School and attended City College of New York, making his parents very proud of their first child to go to college, family said.
Mr. Bell worked as a finish polisher and machinist until the late 1970s.
He served as president of his tenants' association while living in Park Slope, Brooklyn, and was a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Mr. Bell was a parishioner of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Harlem.
In his leisure time, he enjoyed making model airplanes, cars, and boats, but nothing mattered more to him than his family, and making sure they felt cared for.
Lena, his wife of forty-nine years, died in 2007.
Surviving Mr. Bell are his step-son, Charles Wood, and his brother, Novarro Bell.
The funeral services will be held tomorrow at 7:00 p.m. in Mount Sinai United Christian Church, Tompkinsville. The Rev. Dr. Victor Brown, pastor, will officiate.
Burial will be held on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. in Woodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx.
Published in the Staten Island Advance on January 6, 2011.
Born in Godwin, North Carolina, he moved to Manhattan with family as a child. He and Lena Meikle married in 1958 and settled in Brooklyn. Mr. Bell moved to New Brighton three years ago.
He graduated with honors at age sixteen from Stuyvesant High School and attended City College of New York, making his parents very proud of their first child to go to college, family said.
Mr. Bell worked as a finish polisher and machinist until the late 1970s.
He served as president of his tenants' association while living in Park Slope, Brooklyn, and was a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Mr. Bell was a parishioner of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Harlem.
In his leisure time, he enjoyed making model airplanes, cars, and boats, but nothing mattered more to him than his family, and making sure they felt cared for.
Lena, his wife of forty-nine years, died in 2007.
Surviving Mr. Bell are his step-son, Charles Wood, and his brother, Novarro Bell.
The funeral services will be held tomorrow at 7:00 p.m. in Mount Sinai United Christian Church, Tompkinsville. The Rev. Dr. Victor Brown, pastor, will officiate.
Burial will be held on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. in Woodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx.
Published in the Staten Island Advance on January 6, 2011.
Clifton Bell, 87, of New Brighton, who is remembered for his generosity and kindness, died Sunday at Richmond University Medical Center in West Brighton.
Born in Godwin, North Carolina, he moved to Manhattan with family as a child. He and Lena Meikle married in 1958 and settled in Brooklyn. Mr. Bell moved to New Brighton three years ago.
He graduated with honors at age sixteen from Stuyvesant High School and attended City College of New York, making his parents very proud of their first child to go to college, family said.
Mr. Bell worked as a finish polisher and machinist until the late 1970s.
He served as president of his tenants' association while living in Park Slope, Brooklyn, and was a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Mr. Bell was a parishioner of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Harlem.
In his leisure time, he enjoyed making model airplanes, cars, and boats, but nothing mattered more to him than his family, and making sure they felt cared for.
Lena, his wife of forty-nine years, died in 2007.
Surviving Mr. Bell are his step-son, Charles Wood, and his brother, Novarro Bell.
The funeral services will be held tomorrow at 7:00 p.m. in Mount Sinai United Christian Church, Tompkinsville. The Rev. Dr. Victor Brown, pastor, will officiate.
Burial will be held on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. in Woodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx.
Published in the Staten Island Advance on January 6, 2011.
Born in Godwin, North Carolina, he moved to Manhattan with family as a child. He and Lena Meikle married in 1958 and settled in Brooklyn. Mr. Bell moved to New Brighton three years ago.
He graduated with honors at age sixteen from Stuyvesant High School and attended City College of New York, making his parents very proud of their first child to go to college, family said.
Mr. Bell worked as a finish polisher and machinist until the late 1970s.
He served as president of his tenants' association while living in Park Slope, Brooklyn, and was a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Mr. Bell was a parishioner of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Harlem.
In his leisure time, he enjoyed making model airplanes, cars, and boats, but nothing mattered more to him than his family, and making sure they felt cared for.
Lena, his wife of forty-nine years, died in 2007.
Surviving Mr. Bell are his step-son, Charles Wood, and his brother, Novarro Bell.
The funeral services will be held tomorrow at 7:00 p.m. in Mount Sinai United Christian Church, Tompkinsville. The Rev. Dr. Victor Brown, pastor, will officiate.
Burial will be held on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. in Woodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx.
Published in the Staten Island Advance on January 6, 2011.
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