L’Roy Bell

On September 4th, my sister, Lynne Hearn, my niece, Sabrina Bell, and I took Dad, L’Roy Bell (91 years old), to Victoria to the Flight School for a ride on a plane with an instructor. Dad didn’t know where we were going, but he is always ready for a trip. On the way over, I asked him if he could do anything in the world, what would he want to do…and he said, “I just want to fly”. Dad flew for over 50 years, in the Air Force and in private life. So on that day he went with Mason, the instructor, and he flew; he flew for about an hour.

Mason said Dad did the take-off, the flying around and the landing without help. I know that he had a true piece of happiness.

– Shotsie Thumann