Personal Life
Noel's parents were both college graduates. Her father, A.W.E. Bassette, Jr., was a lawyer. From an early age, her parents instilled in her the importance of a good education. Noel graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor's degree from Hampton Institute (now known as Hampton University) and earned a master's degree in sociology from Fisk University. She married Dr. Edmond F. Noel, a physician who practiced medicine in the Five Points community, with whom she had a son, Edmond "Buddy" Noel Jr., and a daughter, Angela Noel.
In 2007, Noel moved from Denver to Oakland, California to live with her daughter. Noel died on February 4, 2008. She is survived by her two children, five grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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