ANDREW LAMONT BELL

Andrew LaMont Bell was born on June 2, 1947 in New Rochelle Hospital in New York, the son of N. LaMont Bell and Rebecca (Becky) Jane Pyatt Bell, both deceased.

Andy grew up in Larchmont at 8 Locust Avenue and attended Mamaroneck High School, was a Boy Scout, and loved to swim. Possessed of an impish and mischievous nature, he was wellknown by all his teachers and schoolmates. He had the gifts of gab and humor, and a knack for attracting friends everywhere he went throughout his life. Being an active child as well, he carried those characteristics into adulthood, living a peripatetic existence crossing the United States.

Besides New York, Andy lived in Santa Cruz, California, where he worked for a clothing manufacturer, and met his first wife, Anna. They divorced and subsequently he tried his hand at various trades, including pipe fitting in Texas, cooking in South Carolina, and being a roustabout for the Barnum and Bailey Ringling Brothers Circus.

Andy also lived in Illinois, Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, and Alabama, ultimately landing in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Along the way he met and married Carol Lemon and they had a daughter, JoHanna, who has Andy's red hair. Andy and Carol divorced. Andy suffered a fall while talking to a friend and fell backwards onto his head. Subsequent brain surgery determined that he suffered from excessive bleeding and massive brain damage. The doctors put him on life support. His brother, Peter, was with him when they removed the life support on December 20, 2005.

He is survived by the love of his life, his daughter, JoHanna Megan Bell, of Winter Park, Florida; his sister, Susan, of East Hampton, New York; and his brother, Peter, of New York, New York.

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