| Birth Date: | May 10, 1920 | ||||||||||
| Death Date: | (aged 64) | ||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Capron, Virginia, US | ||||||||||
| Death Place: | Loudoun Memorial Hospital, Leesburg, Virginia, US | ||||||||||
| Occupation: | Politician, automotive dealer | ||||||||||
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| Order: | Member of the | ||||||||||
| Office: | Virginia House of Delegates | ||||||||||
| Party: | Democratic | ||||||||||
| Term Start: | 1976 | ||||||||||
| Term End: | 1981 | ||||||||||
| Preceded: | Andy Guest | ||||||||||
| Alma Mater: | Elon College |
Earl E. Bell (May 10, 1920 – October 6, 1984) was an American politician who served as a Democrat in the Virginia House of Delegates.
Bell was born in Capron, Virginia on May 10, 1920, and was raised a Methodist in Portsmouth. He attended Elon College.[1] During World War II, he served in the United States Army Air Forces. After the war, he worked as an automotive dealer.[2]
In 1976, Bell ran for the Virginia House of Delegates under the Virginia's 17th congressional district under Loudoun County. During a debate, Republican candidate Eileen Stout called him a "used car salesman from Loudoun County". Bell was elected to office, and continued to serve until 1981. He had a wife named Terry, and they had 4 sons together.[3]
Bell died in the Loudoun Memorial Hospital in Leesburg on October 6, 1984, of congestive heart failure at the age of 64.