Dallas Morning News
20 March 1946

CRISWELL – Mrs. Lula Bell, age 67, widow of late J.S. Criswell, passed away at her home, three miles north of Forney, Tuesday morning. Surviving her are five daughters, Mrs. Cleon Lewis, Mrs. Jessie Gill, Mrs. J.R. Hartman, all of Forney; Mrs. Henry Robertson of Kaufman; Mrs. Johnnie Mikel of Denton; four sons, Jack Criswell of Austin; Dick Criswell of Forney and Jimmie Criswell of College Station and Tommie Criswell of Dallas; a number of grandchildren and two brothers. Funeral services will be held at the Forney Baptist Church, 3 o’clock Wednesday afternoon, with interment in the Forney Cemetery. Arrangements Anderson-Clayton Brothers Funeral Home, Forney, Texas.

Note: Lula Belle Criswell is buried at Hillcrest Cemetery next to her husband, John Samuel Criswell.