Grady C. Bagby, 90, of Temple, died Tuesday, January 13, 2015. Visitation will be from 1 to 2 p.m., Saturday, January 17, 2015, at the Scanio-Harper funeral home to be followed by the funeral at 2 p.m. The burial will follow in Bellwood Memorial Park.
Grady was born in Blanco, Texas, to the late Roy and Peggy Bagby. He served as a radioman in the U.S. Navy’s admiral staff on the Marshall islands during World War II. Grady spent 32 years in the Texas Highway Patrol after returning from a professional heavyweight boxing career in New York City. He was an outstanding officer well known for a no-nonsense way of handling business. He retired from the highway patrol in 1982 and earned his broker’s license in real estate. He lived a humble and God-driven life. His faith and discipline has trickled through generations. Grady loved his family, lifting weights, had a lighthearted sense of humor, and a good slice of pie.
He was preceded in death by his brothers, Leroy and Roland.
Survivors include his wife, Bess Bagby; daughters, Sherry Bagby, and Suanne Smedley and husband, Matthew; son, Grady Don Bagby and wife, Laurie; grandchildren, Josh Bagby, Ben Bagby, Jacob Smedley, and Anna Smedley; brothers, Chester Bagby and wife, Billye, of Lampasas, and Tommy Bagby and wife, Penny, of Round Rock. N17
Grady was born in Blanco, Texas, to the late Roy and Peggy Bagby. He served as a radioman in the U.S. Navy’s admiral staff on the Marshall islands during World War II. Grady spent 32 years in the Texas Highway Patrol after returning from a professional heavyweight boxing career in New York City. He was an outstanding officer well known for a no-nonsense way of handling business. He retired from the highway patrol in 1982 and earned his broker’s license in real estate. He lived a humble and God-driven life. His faith and discipline has trickled through generations. Grady loved his family, lifting weights, had a lighthearted sense of humor, and a good slice of pie.
He was preceded in death by his brothers, Leroy and Roland.
Survivors include his wife, Bess Bagby; daughters, Sherry Bagby, and Suanne Smedley and husband, Matthew; son, Grady Don Bagby and wife, Laurie; grandchildren, Josh Bagby, Ben Bagby, Jacob Smedley, and Anna Smedley; brothers, Chester Bagby and wife, Billye, of Lampasas, and Tommy Bagby and wife, Penny, of Round Rock. N17
Grady C. Bagby, 90, of Temple, died Tuesday, January 13, 2015. Visitation will be from 1 to 2 p.m., Saturday, January 17, 2015, at the Scanio-Harper funeral home to be followed by the funeral at 2 p.m. The burial will follow in Bellwood Memorial Park.
Grady was born in Blanco, Texas, to the late Roy and Peggy Bagby. He served as a radioman in the U.S. Navy’s admiral staff on the Marshall islands during World War II. Grady spent 32 years in the Texas Highway Patrol after returning from a professional heavyweight boxing career in New York City. He was an outstanding officer well known for a no-nonsense way of handling business. He retired from the highway patrol in 1982 and earned his broker’s license in real estate. He lived a humble and God-driven life. His faith and discipline has trickled through generations. Grady loved his family, lifting weights, had a lighthearted sense of humor, and a good slice of pie.
He was preceded in death by his brothers, Leroy and Roland.
Survivors include his wife, Bess Bagby; daughters, Sherry Bagby, and Suanne Smedley and husband, Matthew; son, Grady Don Bagby and wife, Laurie; grandchildren, Josh Bagby, Ben Bagby, Jacob Smedley, and Anna Smedley; brothers, Chester Bagby and wife, Billye, of Lampasas, and Tommy Bagby and wife, Penny, of Round Rock. N17
Grady was born in Blanco, Texas, to the late Roy and Peggy Bagby. He served as a radioman in the U.S. Navy’s admiral staff on the Marshall islands during World War II. Grady spent 32 years in the Texas Highway Patrol after returning from a professional heavyweight boxing career in New York City. He was an outstanding officer well known for a no-nonsense way of handling business. He retired from the highway patrol in 1982 and earned his broker’s license in real estate. He lived a humble and God-driven life. His faith and discipline has trickled through generations. Grady loved his family, lifting weights, had a lighthearted sense of humor, and a good slice of pie.
He was preceded in death by his brothers, Leroy and Roland.
Survivors include his wife, Bess Bagby; daughters, Sherry Bagby, and Suanne Smedley and husband, Matthew; son, Grady Don Bagby and wife, Laurie; grandchildren, Josh Bagby, Ben Bagby, Jacob Smedley, and Anna Smedley; brothers, Chester Bagby and wife, Billye, of Lampasas, and Tommy Bagby and wife, Penny, of Round Rock. N17
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