The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, October 31, 1996            TAG: 9610310288
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                        LENGTH:   20 lines

PHILLIP BELL

Phillip Bell, 18, of the 1100 block of Virginia Ave., died Oct. 27, 1996.

Born in Portsmouth, he was a twelfth-grade student at Churchland High School, Portsmouth, and a member of First Baptist Church, South Portsmouth.

Survivors include his mother and father, Vivian T. and Henry Bell Jr. of Portsmouth; a sister, Vivian T. Heart of Portsmouth; three brothers, Henry A. Bell, Kenneth Bell, both of Portsmouth; JoVonte C. Bell of Norfolk; maternal grandfather, John A. Farrow of Portsmouth; and a host of relatives and friends.

A funeral will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Friday in First Baptist Church, South Portsmouth, by the Rev. Warren E. Amlet. Burial will be in Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, Portmouth. Viewing at Corprew Funeral Home will begin at 11 a.m. today. The body will be taken to the church at noon Friday.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB