Background
Bell, Miller Stephens was born on March 19, 1874 in Milledgeville, Georgia, United States. Son of Matthew Raiford and Susan (Edwards) Bell.
Bell, Miller Stephens was born on March 19, 1874 in Milledgeville, Georgia, United States. Son of Matthew Raiford and Susan (Edwards) Bell.
Educated Georgia Military College, Milledgeville.
Director Milledgeville Brick Works Company Appointed, 1914, 17, member Annual Assay Commission to test weight and fineness of gold and silver in the United States mints. Mayor of Milledgeville, 1907-1923. Member State Democratic Executive Committee.
Member board regents University System of Georgia. Chairman of the board of trustees Wesley Memorial (Atlanta). Trustee Wesleyan College (Macon, Georgia), Normal and Industrial College, Georgia Military College.
Director Georgia State College for Women, 1908-1931. President Georgia Bankers’ Association, 1905. 1st vice president Mayors’ Convention of Georgia.
Chairman Baldwin County NRA. Member Georgia Bicentennial Commission Lay delegate General Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church Church S. six times, chairman lay delegation, 1934. President Milledgeville Chamber Commerce, Tax Revision Association of Georgia.
Member State Democratic Executive Committee. Member board regents University System of Georgia. Member Georgia Bicentennial Commission Lay delegate General Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church Church S. six times, chairman lay delegation, 1934.
President Milledgeville Chamber Commerce, Tax Revision Association of Georgia. Mason, etc. Lieutenant colonel on staff of Governor Dorsey. State treasurer Kiwanis District of Georgia, 1921-1926.
Married Olive West, June 30, 1897 (died October 7, 1924).; married second, Leone Bonner Youmans. Children: Mistress Olive Bell Davis, Miller Raiford, Frank West.