Beverly Bell

Beverly Jean Bell passed away Wednesday, October 7, 2026.  A Memorial Service will be at 2:00 pm, Friday, October 30, 2026, at Grace Gardens Funeral Home. A visitation with the family will be at 1:00 pm.

I was born January 10, 1942, in Waco, Texas. My parents are Frank Baker Place, Jr. and Joyce Faye (Sumpter) Place. I went to school in various Texas cities due to my Dad being promoted to different terminals as manager of Central Freight Lines. I attended school my 8th-grade year while living with my grandmother (Bigmama) in McGregor, then I moved to White Settlement and went to high school at C. F. Brewer HS and graduated there. I played girls’ sports and lettered 4 years in basketball. I attended 4C Business College in Waco, where my father had attended before me and still held the speed typing record. I moved to Dallas and started working in the Life Insurance industry. Horses were always my passion. My Daddy bought me my first one when I was in 5th grade. That was in Handley, and that is where I met Papa Red (Red Moore) and my lifelong friend, Nubbin. Through them, I was gifted to ride in the Fort Worth Stock Show Grand Entry many times and many other activities there that I loved to do. In 1965, I married Donald Jansky in Dallas. We had two children, Melinda Ann (Jansky) Henderson and Stephen Ray Jansky. I also have a grandson, Logan Jansky. In 1988, I married Douglas Bell at the BarM ranch in Bell County. I have attended Baptist/Church of Christ all my life. I have been a long-time member of Crestview Church of Christ. I retired from State Farm Claims after 20 years. 

I am predeceased by my parents, Frank and Marguerite Place, and Wayne and Joyce Murphy; my dear grandparents; my beloved brother, Walter Darrell Place; my children’s father, Don Jansky, and my husband, Doug Bell; and my uncles, aunts, and cousins.

I am survived by my precious children Melinda (Rex) Henderson, Stephen (Diana) Jansky, and the light of my life, Logan Jansky; my brother, Michael (Maurena) Place; my sisters, Jolene (Mark) Conlin and Mary Kaye McLaughlin; my aunt, Barbara Ann Cousins; my nieces, Cheryl Place Kerovich, Michelle Conlin, Melissa Conlin; my nephew, Mark Conlin; the best friends ever: Nubbin Bailey and Billie Farr; and my church family.

My children say I always have to have the last word, so here it is: AVC-Always Vote Conservative.

Happy Trails.