Sharon Bell

March 23, 1948 - August 31, 2020

Sharon Joy Bell, 72, went to be with her Lord and Savior on August 31, 2020. She was born on March 23, 1948 in Athens, TX to Frank Nolan and Nina Iris Barker. She married Dale Owen Bell on August 23, 1967. They had two daughters, Michelle and Tara, and made their home in Corsicana, TX. She graduated from Corsicana High School in 1966 and attended Navarro College where she earned an associate's degree. She worked for E. W. Hable Construction Company, Liberty Mutual, seasonally at Collin Street Bakery, Child Evangelism Fellowship, and Emmanuel Baptist Church as the secretary. She devoted her time to raising her children and grandchildren in a loving, Christian home. She volunteered countless hours at Emmanuel Baptist Church and served in many capacities including Vacation Bible School, teaching Sunday school, and working with the youth group. She was preceded in death by her father, mother, and brother, Kenneth Barker, and granddaughter, Nina Nicole Jenkins. She is survived by her husband, Dale, of fifty three years, her brother, Fred and wife, Donna Barker, her daughters, Michelle and husband, Darren Yates, Tara and husband, Matt Podjenski. She left many grandchildren: Zachary and wife, Frances Dickerson, Zane and wife, Katie Dickerson, Ellen Yates, Haley Jenkins, Colton Dunlap, Anna Yates, and Kennedie Dunlap and great grandson, Jasper Chavez Dunlap. "Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: 'Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all." Proverbs 31:28-31 In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to Northside Baptist Church in Corsicana, TX