Robert Purdy Bell was the youngest of seven children born to William Levi Bell (1851-1930) and his wife Margaret Jane Leslie (1861-1943). He was named for one of his father's best friends, Judge Robert O. Purdy of Sumter, SC.
Robert attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a member of the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. He later studied at the School of Journalism at Columbia University. He served as a reporter for the Associated Press for a time, and was later associated with the Charlotte Observer newspaper.
Robert married Thelma Urquhart Towery (c. 1913-?), a daughter of Eugene S. Towery (1884-1961) and his wife Bessie Greenslade (1888-1976) who were living in Atlanta, Georgia in 1920, but later lived in Concord, NC, and they had one son, Robert Purdy Bell, Jr. Robert and Thelma lived at Concord, NC.
Robert attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a member of the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. He later studied at the School of Journalism at Columbia University. He served as a reporter for the Associated Press for a time, and was later associated with the Charlotte Observer newspaper.
Robert married Thelma Urquhart Towery (c. 1913-?), a daughter of Eugene S. Towery (1884-1961) and his wife Bessie Greenslade (1888-1976) who were living in Atlanta, Georgia in 1920, but later lived in Concord, NC, and they had one son, Robert Purdy Bell, Jr. Robert and Thelma lived at Concord, NC.
Robert Purdy Bell was the youngest of seven children born to William Levi Bell (1851-1930) and his wife Margaret Jane Leslie (1861-1943). He was named for one of his father's best friends, Judge Robert O. Purdy of Sumter, SC.
Robert attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a member of the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. He later studied at the School of Journalism at Columbia University. He served as a reporter for the Associated Press for a time, and was later associated with the Charlotte Observer newspaper.
Robert married Thelma Urquhart Towery (c. 1913-?), a daughter of Eugene S. Towery (1884-1961) and his wife Bessie Greenslade (1888-1976) who were living in Atlanta, Georgia in 1920, but later lived in Concord, NC, and they had one son, Robert Purdy Bell, Jr. Robert and Thelma lived at Concord, NC.
Robert attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a member of the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity. He later studied at the School of Journalism at Columbia University. He served as a reporter for the Associated Press for a time, and was later associated with the Charlotte Observer newspaper.
Robert married Thelma Urquhart Towery (c. 1913-?), a daughter of Eugene S. Towery (1884-1961) and his wife Bessie Greenslade (1888-1976) who were living in Atlanta, Georgia in 1920, but later lived in Concord, NC, and they had one son, Robert Purdy Bell, Jr. Robert and Thelma lived at Concord, NC.
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