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It was on March 24th, 1922 when the late A.J. Bell originally ushered his family into the funeral services
profession, opening an undertaking business in the family furniture store on McCullam Street in Newcastle, New Brunswick.
Advertising "funeral supplies, caskets, funeral wreaths and flowers," A.J. Bell and Sons was on its way to becoming
an institution among the communities along the famed Miramichi River, which today makes up the City of Miramichi. The business
quickly expanded a short time later when Mr. Bell purchased the funeral business of Thomas Maltby and Sons from Margaret Maltby
and Mary Gough. Alfred Bell's sons Boyd, Wilson and Sterling joined their father in the funeral business
and established the family tradition which we proudly maintain today as Bell's Funeral Home. Sterling Bell was responsible
for a number of significant changes in the business over the years. Sterling erected the first self-standing funeral home
chapel on the Miramichi in 1987, which is now dedicated in his name as the Sterling Bell Memorial Chapel. Today, Sterling's
son-in-law Roy Walsh, owner and managing director of Bell's & Meadow's Funeral Homes , along with his daughter
Bonnie Bell Roy , strives to maintain both the important traditions and the very high standards passed on by the earlier generations
of the Bell family. With 90 years as a family business, we have very strong ties to the community and with the people we serve.
As such, we are able to provide a great deal of moral and emotional support, as well as our professional services. Since 2002,
Roy has incorporated Meadow's funeral home with Bell's funeral home, which services Sunny Corner and all surrounding
areas. Roy is proud of the exceptional service that the Bell family has provided in the past, as well as the service that
Roy and his staff Bonita, Melanie continue to maintain today. |
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| Bonita Bell Roy, Roy Walsh, Melanie Cortes Brophy |
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