Kirk Ashby Bell, 48, Liberty, MO, passed away February 20, 2004. Graveside services 10 a.m. Tuesday, February 24 at Fairview Cemetery, Liberty, MO. Visitation will be 6:30-8 p.m. Monday at Church-Archer-Pasley Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorials to the American Kidney Foundation. Kirk was born June 20, 1955, in Kansas City, MO. He was a member of the Liberty United Methodist Church and worked at Hallmark. He was a graduate of Liberty High School. He was preceded in death by his parents Maurice A. and Lera Jane Cox Bell, and brother Ted M. Bell. He is survived by his daughter Cherish M. Bell, Kansas City, MO; son Joshua J. Bell, Gladstone, MO; brothers Dwayne E. Bell, Liberty, MO, and Joe H. Bell, Statesboro, GA; his children's mother, Kathleen J. Fletcher; and numerous nieces and nephews. (Arr. Church-Archer-Pasley Funeral Home, 816-781-2000) Published in the Kansas City Star on 2/23/2004.