“Eugene Bell, 40, colored, of Cedar Avenue, Cleveland, a member of the World war veterans unit occupying Camp Roosevelt on Turkey Creek, fell dead of a heart attack at 11:35 AM today.”
“Bell was in the headquarters office signing paper for his discharge from the CCC when fatally stricken. Dr. Ross Moore Gault, county coroner, found death caused by a heart attack.”
“Bell had been in the local camp since January 14. He had been ill several weeks and was before Lieutenant Leroy Marker preparing for his trip home when he died.”[enf_note]Ccc Enrollee Falls Dead. (1935, February 15). Portsmouth Times, p. 1.[/efn_note]
Ohio Certificate of Death for Eugene Bell1
Record of Funeral for Eugene Bell
Letter from CCC District Quartermaster to Windel Howland Funeral Home
