W.F. Bell, born in Canton in 1948, was the last of four children born to Edwin and Katie Bell of Buffington. After high school and college, W.F. was an interant evangelist, a publisher of Christian literature, and was the founding editor of Free Grace Broadcaster magazine in 1975. From 1979-1982 he owned and operated Bell’s Store, and since that time has worked for both Sears and Home Depot. He and his wife, Elaine, a former banker and now community volunteer, still live in Buffington. He is the co-author of “Buffington and Macadonia in Days Gone By.”
