| Father |
Dr. Leslie M. Bell, M. D., b. 3 Mar 1910, Alabama  , d. 25 Mar 1991, Winchester, Winchester (city) County, Virginia (Age 81 years) |
| Mother |
Marion Willard, b. 11 Feb 1914, Tennessee , d. 10 Nov 2002 (Age 88 years) |
| Engagement Announcement |
12 Mar 1939 |
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts |
| Boston Herald |
- Miss Marion Willard of Waban Engaged
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Willard of Waban announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Marion Willard, to Dr. Leslie M. Bell, son of Dr. and Mrs. Walter H. Bell of Dozier, Alabama.
Miss Willard was graduated from Wellesley College with the class of 1936 and attended the Fine Arts graduate school of New York University.
Dr. Bell was graduated from the University of Alabama and received his master of science degree in 1930. The follwoing year he spent as a graduate teaching fellow at the University of California. He was graduated from the Harvard Medical School in 1935 and served his internship in surgery at the Roosevelt Hospital, New York city.
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| Married |
3 Jun 1939 |
Waban, Middlesex County, Massachusetts |
| Marriage Announcement |
4 Jun 1939 |
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts |
| Boston Herald |
- Miss Marrion Willard Married to Dr. Bell
In the Church of the Good Shepherd in Waban yesterday afternoon Miss Marion Willard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Willard of Byfield road, Waban, became the bride of Dr. Leslie M. Bell of Boston, son of Dr. and Mrs. Walter H. Bell of Dozier, Ala. The ceremony was performed at 4 o'clock by the Rev. Stanley W. Ellis and a reception followed at the home of the bride's parents.
The bride, who was escorted by her father, wore a white satin gown, made with a yoke of Brussels lace, and a tulle veil caught to a cap of matching lace. She carried a bouquet of white roses and lilies of the valley. The matron of honor, Mrs. Francesco L. Cusumano of Newton Center, wore a gown of apricot embroidered organdy with hyacinth blue velvet sash and a blue horsehair hat. She carried a bouquet of delphinium and talisman roses. With her white straw hat, the bride's mother, Mrs. Willard, wore a gown of pale green chiffon with a corsage of gardenias.
Dr. Bernard Bell of Brooklym, N.Y., was best man for the bridegroom, and the ushers were Dr. Thomas J. Anglem of Milton, Dr. Donald C. Gates of Boston and Mr. Francesco L. Cusumano of Newton Center.
Following a wedding trip, Dr. Bell and his bride will make their home on Autumn street, Boston, where they will be home after July 15. Mrs. Bell was graduated from Wellesley College with the class of 1936. Dr. Bell was graduated from the University of Alabama in 1929 and from Harvard Medical School in 1935. He is now associated with Dr. Howard M. Clute of Bay State road and is an assistant in the department of surgery of the Boston University Medical School and Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals.
Among the out-of-town guests were two sisters of the bridegroom, Miss Evelyn and Miss Mary Helen Ball of Dozier, Alabama.
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| Family ID |
F2276 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
