City:  Hurst
Occupation:  Retired as of March 21, 
2008
Marital Status:  Married
No. of Children:  3
From Kenneth:
Married to Mary Alice Johnson for 35 years as of Feb 2nd,1974  Worked for Verizion (GTE) for 36 years, and retired March 21,2008.  I was drafted into the Army Jan.18,1968 and served in Germany until Dec. 15, 1969.
Moved to Hurst in Feb. 1955, started school at South Hurst elementary, had Mrs. McGinnes for 2nd grade. 
    Am now living at 113 W. Cheryl Ave. Hurst and also have a second Colorado style home in Pagosa Springs, CO.   Simply a beautiful part of the country we are living there in Pagosa at least 6 months out of the year.

Birthday:  December 30
City:  Pagosa Springs
Occupation:  ex-teacher (in public and 
Christian schools); dance 
& swimming teacher; 
English Springer Spaniel 
lover-raiser
Website:  www.springertimeintherock -
ies.com
What kind of school activities did you participate?:  Raiderettes,Girls' Athletics; sorry I missed getting to know most of you for I wasted many hours 'bookworming', which resulted in (only) reaching No.4 [I missed "Salutatorian" by .09 pt; but that wasn't all bad-was spared shock of giving a speech]
What personality would portray you if a movie were made about your life?:  A couple come to mind of me back "B.C.". You might be surprised what all God has brought me through --but is a 'more than excellent adventure'! love to tell you how good He's been to me!
From Carolyn:

I'm sorry I had to miss seeing you guys at the Reunion: but, the good Lord  willing, I'm hoping to get (all the way) back down there for the next one. I've got my dancing shoes ready.  Does anyone know where "The Blue Notes" are?!  Does anyone remember their playing at Bell High sock-hops in our gym? They were still playing in '90 , for they played the good old music at an awards presentation banquet for Arlington Police Department . My first husband, Tom Albers, and I 'danced the night away' and amazed a bunch of younger officers and Chief Kunkle that we 'old fogies' could do that and on the energy of Coca Cola only. ha!  (Tom passed away of brain cancer in '94 as did my precious son-in-law in 2006. Both joined their Savior-the Lord Jesus in Heaven...but they're coming back soon with Him to get the rest of us who are His [Luke 21:28-31--'the fig tree' always pertained to Israel in the Bible]
  Meanwhile, I'm just 'chilling out' up here...you get it? in CO? ho ho now aren't you glad I didn't give that 'salutatorian speech'?...oh, to be a "Sue Beth McClure or a Barbara Wilcox" (the wittiest gals of our class I do believe)...anyway sometimes  I get chilly while snowshoeing, but am very happy living up the Rocky mountains only couple of miles from the Continental Divide--enjoying my Springer Spaniels, hiking, taking pictures, kayaking on the nearby lake, etc.
  Until we meet again:  I leave you with best wishes and even better--my prayers that you know Him and are one His 'sheeple' (for He takes great care of His own.)  
  I'd love to highly recommend some very good books: John and Romans (but actually all of them) in the Holy Bible. I've witnessed in my life the truth of Psalm 107:8-9 so can share nothing better with you than Him and His Word.

Birthday:  March 23, 1947
City:  Calgary
Occupation:  Homemaker
Marital Status:  Married
No. of Children:  3
What kind of school activities did you participate?:  Drill team, Honor Club
From Weida :
Roy and I have been married 44 years and have 3 children and 10 grandchildren.  We have served together in ministry the same length of time.  All three children and their families are serving around the world in ministry.  We have recently moved to Canada (second time here) where Roy is pastoring a church.  Our oldest son is also pastoring here in the same city.  God has been very good to us and we feel very blessed.

City:  Waxhaw
Occupation:  Aviation Maintenance 
Training Coordinator
Website:  www.wysite.org/sites/garr -
etson
Marital Status:  Married
No. of Children:  3
What kind of school activities did you participate?:  Sports
From Dennis:
After graduation from LD Bell I attended Howard Payne College for a semester then William Jewell College for a second semester.  During that second semester I enlisted in the USNavy and served for four active and two reserve.  During my first two years I met my lovely wife Patti at a home family Bible study in El Cajon, CA.  We married in July 1969 and have three children.   After active duty in the USN I did another semester of college and then studied to obtain my FAA Airframe & Powerplant certiicates and worked for a Cessna dealership for six years before we joined Wycliffe Bible Translators (WBT) (www.wycliffe.org) in 1976.  We served in Ecuador for 3-1/2 years and later in Maluku, Indonesia for 10 years and now are on staff in NC where I work in aviation maintenance with JAARS (www.jaars.org) which is a part of WBT.  Patti is a school teacher who is now our JAARS Educational Coordinator.  Our three children are all married and we have four beautiful granddaughters.  We are hoping to be able to make it to the September reunion.

Birthday:  December 08, 1946
City:  Lawton
Occupation:  Director of Student 
Support Services and 
McNair Scholars Program 
(retired)
Marital Status:  Married
No. of Children:  2
What kind of school activities did you participate?:  Yearbook Staff, FBLA, Drama, Raiderettes
From Suzanne:
I married my college sweetheart from Tarleton and we have two children and four grandchildren. My daughter is an attorney with the Public Utilities Commission in Austin. My son lives in California and completed his PhD in ethnomusicology at UCLA in 2010. My husband, Tom, is a retired Army officer and we spent 20 years on the move living in North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas, Germany, and Italy. I worked a variety of jobs as we traveled, but primarily worked as a newspaper reporter and as an adjunct instructor teaching classes in communications.  I did have a brief stint teaching high school classes in the Department of Defense Schools in Germany where -- surprise, surprise -- I was the yearbook advisor!

During Tom's last military assignment at Fort Sill, OK, I started working at Cameron University as an instructor and eventually became an administrator working in Admissions and Advisement before becoming the director of Career Planning, Placement, and Testing.  Also did a fair amount of grant writing for the federally funded programs (SSS and McNair) that I directed until my retirement.  Spent a couple of summers as an instructor for the Oklahoma State Regents of Higher Education Summer Grant Writing Institute.

I retired from CU fall 2007, did some rennovation work around the house, got bored, and took a job at Fort Sill as an Army Career and Alumni Program (ACAP) counselor. I moved into "firebrigade" status in December 2008 and now just work with ACAP on an as-needed basis. My husband recently retired from his job with the City of Lawton soon and we hope to spend time traveling and visiting with family.

Birthday:  December 07, 1946
City:  Grapevine
Occupation:  retired/American Airlines
Marital Status:  Married
No. of Children:  3
From Janice:
I married a wonderful guy 44 years ago this July. Unfortunately, Uncle Sam decided he wanted him shortly thereafter.  So, for the first three years of our marriage we did a lot of traveling and wound up in Germany for a year and a half.  It was a learning experience for me and something I will never forget.  Wish I had taken German in high school.  We then settled down and God blessed us with 3 wonderful sons.  In 1986, I joined the corporate world and retired in July 2010 after 24 years at American Airlines. 

Birthday:  August 14, 1947
City:  Woodland Park
Occupation:  Law Enforcement,Teacher, 
Counselor, Business 
Administration, Executive 
and Diplomatic Protection
Marital Status:  Married
No. of Children:  2
What kind of school activities did you participate?:  Football, Baseball, Football Track, Choir
Brushes with Greatness:  Provided Body Guard protection for several celebrities and foreign diplomates.
What personality would portray you if a movie were made about your life?:  Sean Connery
From Danny:
After graduation, I went to Dallas Baptist University. There I met and married my first wife. When you do even the right things for the wrong reasons it has a way of coming back on you in a negative way. I was elated to be the starting pitcher of the first season and first year of the school, but was struggling academically and pulled from the line up and placed on probation. In my disappointment I laid out a semester and was drafted into the military. After serving in the military I migrated through law enforcement into the corporate world in Business Administration and Internal and External investigations. Then there were several years when all the walls fell down and I had no direction and it seemed my compass in life was not calibrated. I lost my family, my friends, my self-respect and most of all myself.
I re-married in 1991 to a L. D. Bell graduate, Susan Tidwell. I have two children, Kim and Amy from a previous marriage. Susan and I have reared my oldest grandson, Andrew, since he was approximately a year old. He turned 18 in September 2010. Susan has two children also from a previous marriage, Shannon and Christopher. I have had several careers and continue to dabble in various fields of interest. I eventually went back to school and graduated with honors and a newly found direction. No one prepared us for some things that happen or we are required to react to in life, but life prepares you for many things that can not be forseen. I have enjoyed my life regardless of the ups and downs, good and back choices I  continue to look at life as an adventure. Even though I did not know all of you, it brings back memories to look at your comments and your pictures. The fabric of our lives is influenced in these developmental stages of friendships, acquaintances and cirumstances. Whether these relationships were good or bad, they help make us who were are today. Life is not so forgiving, but we should be with one another. Thank you for being part of one of the chapters of this unfinished story.
Enjoying His Grace,
Danny
P. S.
For you who were there and were given this wisdom, remember?:
"The cream is going to rise, boys"! Coach Bookout L. D. Bell 1965 

Birthday:  March 03
City:  foat wurth
Occupation:  Pier 1 Imports, IT 
Professional
Marital Status:  Married
No. of Children:  1
What kind of school activities did you participate?:  Blocking dummy on the football team.
Brushes with Greatness:  I have met a Medal of Honor winner.
What personality would portray you if a movie were made about your life?:  Clint Eastwood
From John:
Been married to the most wondeful woman. Lois, since 1973.  She is a Registered Nurse, who spent many years in the hospital environment as a cardiovascular nurse.  Today, Lois is an elementary school nurse.  We have only one daughter, Sabrina, born in 1985.  She was a high school cheerleader, graduated from Texas A&M University (Whoop) and today is an elementary school teacher, teaching math and science.  She is still single and we have no grandchildren.
 
About me.   After high school, I attended NTSU for one year where Gary Harbin and I were roommates in the West Dorm.  After goofing off for a year, I joined the US Army and trained as a helicopter mechanic.  I subsequently spent 22 months, churning up the skies of Vietnam in a Huey Helicopter.  During this time, I crossed paths with Kenny Lasater and served with some of the most couragous men I will ever know and will remember them for the rest of my life.  I did survive with all my body parts intact.
 
Now days, I have worked for Pier 1 Imports here in the Fort Worth home office for almost 30-years.  I have no immediate plans to retire.  Lois and I live in the Misteltoe Heights neighborhood in a home that was built in 1917.
 
I have enjoyed working on the Reunion Committee and I have learned more about some of you than I was ever aware of in high school.  I'am so glad to have reconnected with all of you.

Birthday:  December 15
City:  LaGrange, Georgia
Occupation:  college professor, & 
professional 
actor/director/producer 
& stuntman on the 
side (-:
Marital Status:  Divorced
What kind of school activities did you participate?:  FBLA, some baseball; some track
Brushes with Greatness:  Worked with Tommy Tune; met Jackie (Kennedy) Onassis buying an apple in a fruit stand in NYC; toured a B'dway show with Barbara Eden; got to meet & party with Tommy & Dicky Smothers, met and performed for the Duke & Duchess of Kent
From Steve:
It was GREAT seeing everyone at the reunion. Everyone who worked on putting it together can be very proud of the work you did.  My latest project was the Indie Film, A CIRCLE ON THE CROSS (tribute to "The Wall" & POW's/MIA's in all wars, especially Vietnam). We're hoping for a MOW TV special sometime in 2011. If you'd like to view the trailer, go to: www.acircleonthecross.com (or you can type in the title at: www.imdb.com - Kenny Rogers does the lead-in for the title song; if you go to this website, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4FihRDAvho&feature=related you'll also see a music video as part of a video "BAND OF BROTHERS." The film is a tribute from my heart for everyone's lives who were affected by Vietnam. The new photo is me portraying Galileo. (-:

Birthday:  January 19, 1947
City:  Fort Worth
Occupation:  retired business owner
Marital Status:  Married
No. of Children:  4
What kind of school activities did you participate?:  National Honor Society, Raider Rousers, Drama, Senior Play, Inter scholastic league One Act Play,
Brushes with Greatness:  Met a gun runner named Gerarrd in a casino in Central America who gave me over $3000 for my missionary work .On a more realistic plane, I designed a large home to raise my family in, and later sold it to Ruth Buzzi and her husband.
What personality would portray you if a movie were made about your life?:  Virginia Madden
From Jamie:
I have had such a blessed life! After High school and college , six worthless marriage proposals, and several years of finding myself, I married my prince , a son of a lawman in Hill County , he had country charm and very interesting history and family code of  honor for my future children. He came with two sons whom I raised along with our two, Bonnie and Wesley. Wes  is with the Arlington police department with goals of being a paramedic with the fire dept. Bonnie is the mother of my only grandchild, Payton. Payton is somewhat unusual, as he was born understanding English. Very weird when you experience a baby who knows what you are sayaing at one week of age. by 11 months he told his first knock-knock joke, and we still don't know if he heard it somewhere or made it up himself. Life is good but unpredictable. At the present Payton is running about 95% correct on his future events predictiions, which come usually two or three times a month. HE tells what is going to happen and I can't even remember what already happened!  Payton watches CNN and then wants to disscuss what he saw. He is all of 2 1/2 years old now !! His Mommie also is a wedding planner and photographer  who has been published in several magazines. .My godly children are what I have accomplishedin the last 45 years I  give the credit to the Lord. They dont mind me, but They and Larry are my best friends.