Duril Gene Bell

           Duril Gene Bell, of Campbellsville, the son of Cherry Thomas (Nuckols) Gore and the late Russell Bell, was born November 5, 1971 in Campbellsville and departed this life on Saturday, December 19, 2020 in Lebanon at the Springview Hospital. He was 49 years of age.

          He had made a profession of faith in Christ and was a member of the First Baptist Church in Springfield. He was a former Sanitation worker for Rumke in Elizabethtown.

          Duril loved watching and playing basketball, and was an avid University of Louisville fan, he enjoyed singing, acting goofy and loved the Lord.

          Survivors include six children: Latoya Smith, Christopher Smith, Danielle Smith, Zeek Bell and Carter Bell all of Campbellsville and McKenzie Bell of Lexington; eight brothers and sisters: Kathy Slaughters and Ronnie Bell of Glasgow, Marjorie Gore of Elizabethtown, Ricky Bell and Molly Tate of Kansas, Walter Bell of Nicholasville, Irvin Bell and Anthony Bell both of Campbellsville; 4 grandchildren: Latayvion Brown, Harmony Brown, KamMarrion Frazier, Jonathan Hart, Jr.

          Besides his father, he was preceded in death by two brothers: Wendell and Mack Odell Bell.

          The funeral service for Duril Gene Bell will be Saturday, January 2, 2021 in the chapel of the L.R. Petty Funeral Home with burial to follow in the Pleasant Run Cemetery in Green County. Rev. Gene Livers will be officiating.

          Family requests visitation after 11:30 A.M. Saturday, January 2, 2021 until time for the funeral service.

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