John Jackie Paul Bell

Services: A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 at 10:00 AM in Our Lady's Catholic Church with Fr. Thomas LaHood officiating. Interment will follow in the Church Cemetery. Visitation: Viewing/Visitation will be held on Monday, March 19, 2007 from 5:00 - 8:00 PM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, where Prayers will be said at 7:00 PM. John "Jackie" Paul Bell, Sr., 69, of Leonardtown, MD, died March 17, 2007 at his residence in Leonardtown. Born April 7, 1937 in Leonardtown, MD, he was the son of the late Paul A. and Edna Marie Woodburn Bell. He was the loving husband of the late Margaret Loker Bell whom he married June 7, 1958 in Our Lady's Church, Leonardtown, MD and who preceded him in death on April 2, 2003. He is survived by his children; John P. Bell, Jr., William A. Bell, David M. Bell, P. Daniel Bell, all of Leonardtown, MD, and Susan B. Cousineau of Hollywood, MD, siblings; Mary Edna Bowles of Leonardtown, MD, Lois Ann "Potsie" Dement of California, MD and Margie Quade of Leonardtown, MD. He is also survived by his 9 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. Mr. Bell was a life long resident of St. Mary's County and was employed as a Newspaper Distributor. He enjoyed farming, hunting, trapping, softball, crabbing, the Baltimore Orioles and belonged to the Farm Bureau and AARP. The family will receive friends on Monday, March 19th 2007 from 5:00-8:00 PM at the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home in Leonardtown, MD with prayers being said at 7:00 PM. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Tuesday, March 20th, 2007 at 10:00 AM at Our Lady's Catholic Church, Leonardtown, MD, with Fr. Thomas LaHood officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be Johnny Bell, Billy Bell, David Bell, Danny Bell, Davey Bell and John Leskinen. Honorary pallbearers will be Jay Cousineau, Billy Bell Jr., Daniel Bell, James Goddard, Jake Bell, Scott Cousineau and Gary Quade Jr. Contributions may be made to the Hospice of St. Mary's, P.O. Box 625, Leonardtown, MD, 20650.