Comments on: Lloyd Kellam Remembers Cape Charles (and Ol’ Sud Bell)

By: Robert Houseknecht

Robert Houseknecht — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 22:49:28 +0000

Southy (Sud) Mitchell Bell is my great-grandfather; he was born 1881 and died 1949. He visited my mother’s family, Rosemary Bell Houseknecht, in Newport News, Va. fairly often with a parade of children and folks behind him as he played the banjo walking down the street to her home on 36th Street. They always knew when he was coming 15 minutes before he arrived due to the music and parade that always seemed to follow him. To the Lewis Family: although you sold it in 2010, I ate at your restaurant, Island House, today. The food was still quite good I plan on taking my boat to Hog Island just to reconnect to the family past. I live in Virginia Beach. I hear you know my uncle Mitchell Bell.

By: Nancy Lewis

Nancy Lewis — Fri, 03 Jul 2015 20:01:10 +0000

Sud Bell was my grandfather to whom I never met. He died before I was born. He was my mother’s (Evelyn Lewis) father (his youngest child). I was named after my grandmother Nancy Thornton Bell. She died from complications of child birth following having my mother in 1934, My grandmother’s sister, Ida Thornton (Finney, Lipscomb, Jarvis) raised my mom (she weighed 4 pounds, in 1934, premature babies didn’t survive). I have heard many tales about my grandfather and regret I did not know him. My mom always said she was musically talented as well, she could play the radio!

By: John C. Bell

John C. Bell — Thu, 07 May 2015 15:48:57 +0000

Sud Bell was my Grandfather, he passed in 1957 at the age of 57 the year I was born. Do you know of any songs he may have recorded? I know he had a band called the String Quartet.