Updated: 18 Apr 2007
LAURA BELL FULLER HELM
July 3, 1884 to April 17, 1964
THE FRESNO BEE
April 1964
OBITUARY
MRS. LAURA HELM
Funeral services for Mrs. Laura Bell Helm, 79, of Selma will be held at 3 p.m. tomorrow in the Full Gospel Tabernacle in Selma. She died Friday in the Selma District Hospital.
A native of Arkansas, Mrs. Helm had lived in Selma 28 years. Her husband, Roscoe, died about six years ago.
She is survived by four sons, Melvin, Ernest, Sam and Quim, all of Selma; six daughters, Mrs. Bessie Van Dyke and Mrs. Dorothy Cypert of Selma, Mrs. Ora Whitsett of Van Nuys, Los Angeles County, Mrs. Billie Wilson of Topeka, Kansas, Mrs. Gertie Dierich of Stockton and Mrs. Joann Styles of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; two sisters Mrs. Dona Salmon and Mrs. Laura Harris of Okmulgee; 34 grandchildren and 36 great grandchildren.
Burial will be in the Floral Memorial Cemetery in Selma. The Tinkler Mission
Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
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Tinkler Mission Chapel, 475 North Broadway, Fresno.
Laura Bell Helm - Services Tuesday 3 pm, Second & Sylvia Streets, Selma.
Visitation will be held in the Tinkler Mission Chapel, Fresno, until Tuesday at
10 a.m. Thence to Full Gospel Tabernacle Church where she will lie in state
until service time.
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FUNERAL MEMORIAL:
Laura Bell Helm
1884-1964
Funeral Services at Full Gospel Tabernacle Tuesday at 3:00 p.m. April 21, 1964. Officiating Rev. Paul Welch - Penecostal Church of God and Rev. Bill Parks - Full Gospel Tabernacle. Casket Bearers: Bobby Allbritton, Olen McCullar, James Clifton, Bill Helm, Bob Clifton, James Petree.
Services concluded at Floral Memorial Park, Selma.
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BURIAL: 21 Apr 1964.Floral Memorial Park, Cemetery F, Block A, Lot 5, Space 26
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FAMILY:
Husband: Roscoe Helm b 1887 TX, d 1949 Selma
Fresno CA, m abt 1900 Van Buren AR.
Children of Laura Bell Fuller & Roscoe Helm:
- Bessie Helm b 1906 Okmulgee OK, sp Roma Van Dyke b 1906 Hoffman Okmulgee OK.
- Otis Helm b 1908 Okmulgee OK, sp1 May Dye sp2 Iva Harbour
- Melvin Helm b 1910 Okmulgee OK, sp Dora Luster
- Ernest Helm b 1913 Okmulgee OK, sp Minnie Rivers
- Ora Helm b 1914 Okmulgee OK, sp William Whitsett
- Dorotha Helm b 1915 Okmulgee Okmulgee OK, d 1999 CA. sp Garland Cypert
- Dessie Helm b 1917 Okmulgee OK, sp1 Louis Harjo, sp2 Charles Wilson
- Roscoe Sam Helm b 1919 Okmulgee Okmulgee OK, d 1993 CA, m 1941 Hanford Kings
CA to Frieda Walker.
- Lon Helm b 1921 Okmulgee Okmulgee OK, d 1972 Selma Fresno CA, m 1939 Hanford
Kings CA sp Gladys Norabelle Shelley. Gladys b Brawley Imperial CA.
- Gertie Meady Helm b 1923 Okmulgee Okmulgee OK.
sp1 William James b 1907 AR.
sp2 Carl Dierich b 1909 AR.
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Father: John Wesley Fuller b 1857 Cherokee AL
Mother: Mary Francis Emaline McMurry Fuller b 1860 Cherokee AL
Children of John Wesley Fuller & Mary Francis
- Emaline McMurry (siblings of Laura Bell Fuller):
- Joseph Hampton Fuller Centre, Cherokee, AL, sp Mary Frances Dilbeck.
- George Wesley Fuller Centre, Cherokee, AL, sp Etta Lillie Pack.
- Laura Bell Fuller Helm b Conway, AR, sp Roscoe Helm (of Selma, Fresno County,
CA).
- Cal Donna Leal Fuller Salmon b Conway AR, sp Claude Salmon
- Pearl Martha Fuller Wonsch b Conway, AR, sp Albert Wonsch
- Mary Elizabeth Fuller Howard b Conway, AR, sp Iva Howard (of Selma, Fresno
County, California)
- Ora Ann Fuller Harris b Conway, AR, sp John Harris
- Lena Arvella Fuller b Conway, AR
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