Background
Bell, L. Nelson was born on July 30, 1894 in Longdale, Virginia, United States. Son of James Harvey and Ruth Lee (McCue) Bell.
Bell, L. Nelson was born on July 30, 1894 in Longdale, Virginia, United States. Son of James Harvey and Ruth Lee (McCue) Bell.
Student Washington and Lee University, 1911-1912. Doctor of Medicine Medical College Virginia, 1916. Doctor of Laws, King College, Bristol, Tennessee, 1964.
Virginia (Mistress John North. Somerville), Benjamin Clayton. Chief surgeon Tsingkiangpu (China) General Hospital, 1916-1941. Surgical fellowship grant Rockefeller Foundation, 1922-1923.
Practice surgery, Asheville, North Carolina, 1941-1956.
Secretary staff Memorial-Mission Hospital, Asheville, 1942-1946, assistant chief staff, 1947-1948. Retired from surgery, 1956.
A founder Christianity Today, 1955, executive editor, from 1955, also director Founder, director
American College of Surgeons fellowship Member of the American Medical Association, North Carolina Medical Society.
Married Virginia Myers Leftwich, June 30, 1916. Children: Rosa (Mistress C. Donald Montgomery), Ruth (Mistress Billy Graham), L. Nelson (deceased 1925), Virginia (Mistress John North. Somerville), Benjamin Clayton.