Darlene McReath Bell, age 60, of Gadsden, AL, passed away on Thursday, March 7, 2024. A funeral service will be held at 12:30PM on Wednesday, March 13, 2024 at Anitoch-Goodsell United Methodist Church, 514 Hammond Avenue Attalla, AL 35954. Rev. James Aaron will officiate. Burial will follow at Rainbow Memorial Gardens. Collier-Butler Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. The family will accept friends from 11:30AM until the hour of the service at the church on Wednesday.
Darlene was preceded in death by her mother, Nellie Lou Wilson Gables; father, Jimmie Gables; brothers, Buddy Edward Gables, William “Bill” Robert Gables, Gussie Ray Gables, James Howard Gables, and Willie Edward Gables; sisters, Edna Laney, Annie Gables, and Elizabeth Ann Wilson.
She is survived by her husband, Barry Bell; daughter, Grace Holloway; stepdaughters, Chara Maxwell Bell, Tara Johnson Bell, and Deitra Bell (Larry) Underwood; stepsons, Ryan Combs and Barry Bell, Jr.; sisters, Nellie Mae Spears, Sherrie Lee (Clarence “JR”) Manning, Wanda Jean (Marty) Slater, and Edna (Charles) Vasser; brother, Robert Monroe (Cathy) Gables; and many nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Donald Rushton, Larry Smith, Kenneth Turner, Breenon Davis, Walt Farrow, and Tommy Williams.
