Services for Billy J. Bell, 82, of Moffat will be 10 a.m. Thursday in Moffat Cemetery with David Vanderveld officiating.

Mr. Bell died Monday, July 14, in a Temple hospital.

He was born Aug. 5, 1925 in Moody to Armed and Pearl Robinette Bell. He was an U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. He later worked for the Texas Youth Council, Four Seasons Nursing Center, Gatesville I.S.D. and retired from the Moody Housing Authority. He was preceded in death by a son, Allan Bell.

Survivors include his wife, Ruth Bell of Moffat; a son, Keith Bell of Gatesville; three daughters, Marla Hernandez of Moffat, Becky Bell, and Cheryl Mangelsdorf, both of Pflugerville; three brothers, Jack Bell of Grand Junction, Colo., Jerry Ray Bell of Wimberley and Clarence Donald Bell of Rankin; ten grandchildren; and five great grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers the family requests that memorials be made to the West Main Church of Christ in Gatesville.

Visitation will be 6-7 p.m. today at Scanio-Harper Funeral Home in Temple.