If I had not found the following information in the Morning Paper I would be very dissapointed in not being informed. Linda has been a guiding light to many of us who have wandered in darkness while searching for historical records. Her assistance will be missed. Pat C. Cloninger Newton, NC LINDA A. BELL MOUNT HOLLY — Linda Adams Bell, 60, 107 Bentley St., died March 22, 2000, at UNC Hospital, Chapel Hill. She was a native of Onslow County, daughter of the late Harold Adams, founding member and past president of the Gaston-Lincoln Genealogical Society, member and past secretary of the Gaston Historical Society, founding member of the Gaston chapter 955 of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and its first president, member of the Beatties Ford Rifles chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and Daughters of the American Revolution, charter member of North Main Baptist Church, Mount Holly. SURVIVORS: Husband, Ted Bell; daughter and son-in-law, Elaine and Gene Anderson, Denver; sons and daughters-in-law, James and Tamela Bell, Gastonia, Rodney and Barbara Bell, Mount Holly; mother, Bessie Adams, Mount Holly; brothers, Paul Lanier, Jerry Matthews, Beulaville; grandchildren, Benjamin Dellinger, Denver, Jonathan and Meredith Bell, Gastonia, Bryan Bell, Mount Holly; special friend, Texas Pete FUNERAL: 2 p.m. Saturday, North Main Baptist Church, Revs. Clarence Morris, Chris Sanford BURIAL: Hillcrest Gardens, Mount Holly VISITATION: 6-8:30 tonight, Carothers Funeral Home, Mount Holly MEMORIALS: North Main Baptist Church or the Gaston-Lincoln Genealogical Society