From the Lindley Jr High class webpage...

https://www.classcreator.com/Greensboro-NC-Lindley-Jr-1975/class_profile.cfm?member_id=604986

From Vickie Blacknell Haynes-Burby:

Deceased Classmate: Fernando Bell
Date Deceased: 02-17-2009
Age at Death: 48
Cause of Death: Immune Deficiency complications
Classmate City: Greensboro
Classmate State: NC
Classmate Country: USA
Survived By: 6 sisters, mother and cousins: Vickie Blacknell Haynes-Burby; Doris Johnson & Shirley Johnson and many other relatives

Fernando served 4 years in the military. I as his cousin, am at peace with his passing because he is no longer suffering and has finally found peace. I'll always remember him as the young man he was before he went into the service, when he was full of life and ambition.