Memorial services for Mattie Lee Jointer Bell, of Joliet, Illinois, are Friday, March 10, 2017, at noon at St. James M.B. Church in Brookhaven. Pastor Larry Jointer and Pastor Robert Jointer will officiate. Williams Mortuary in Brookhaven is in charge of arrangements.

Mrs. Bell, 78, died Sunday, March 5, 2017, in Joliet, Illinois. She was born June 19, 1939, in Wesson to Rev. Burgess Jointer and Jessie Lee Jones Jointer. She was the oldest of the Jointer family.