Janie Vining Bell, 98, widow of Charles W. Bell, died Saturday, August 10, 2019 at her home.
Born, April 11, 1921, in Williamsburg County, she was a daughter of the late Walter Vining and the late Mattie Blume Vining. Mrs. Bell was a member of Lake Marion Baptist Church. She was a devoted Christian lady. She enjoyed working in her yard and garden.
Survivors include one son, William Bell; four grandchildren, Tracy McCawley (Wesley), Kenneth Bell (Lisa), Ryan Bell (Daniele), and Kayla Bell; two great granddaughters, Kendall Bell and Kylie Bell; a great-great granddaughter, Ava Mobley; a brother, Dick Vining; two sisters, Frances Lovelace and Kathleen Winburn; and a number of nieces and nephews.
She was precede in death by a son, Charles E. Bell; a brother, Cecil Vining; and two sisters, Thelma “Pete” Waynick, and Mattie “Monkey” Edwards.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Larry Kennedy officiating. Burial will be in the Sumter Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. Thursday at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to the family c/o Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home, 515 Miller Road, Sumter, SC 29150.
Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.