Background
BELL, Reason Chesnutt was born on January 28, 1880 in Webster Company, Georgia, United States. Son of Reason Alexander and Martha (Elliott) Bell.
BELL, Reason Chesnutt was born on January 28, 1880 in Webster Company, Georgia, United States. Son of Reason Alexander and Martha (Elliott) Bell.
Bachelor of Laws, Mercer U., 1902, honorary Doctor of Laws, 1936.
United States Navy Reserve. Killed in action, Philippines, October 26, 1944), Martha Alexandria (Mistress J. T. Daniel, Junior). Admitted to Georgia bar, 1902.
Practiced at Sylvester, 1904-1905, Cairo, 1905-1921. Solicitor general, Albany Judicial Circuit, 1913-1921, and judge, same circuit, 1921-1922. Judge, Georgia Court of Appeals, 1922-1932.
Justice Supreme Court, Georgia, 1932-1949, chief justice, 1943-1946, justice emeritus from 1949.
Member, Georgia. State and American Bar Association.
Married Jennie Vereen, January 28, 1908. Children: Vereen M. (Lieutenant.