John E. Bell Jr., age 72, passed away in Surfside Beach, S.C. on July 19, 2011. A native of Selma, he was preceded in death by mother Agnes L. Bell, father John E. Bell Sr. and infant daughter Cynthia. He is survived by wife Fangling Zhao; sister Norma Wilkerson of Muscle Shoals; daughters Adrianne Meyer of Mobile and Stephanie McClellan of Virginia; stepson Wen Xin of Texas; grandsons Brady and Shane McClellan; and nieces and nephews. He served proudly as a U.S. Marine corporal at Marine Barracks Washington, D.C. and worked in sales and real estate throughout the southeast. Inurnment at Arlington National Cemetary to follow