A life-long resident of Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late James Leroy and Julia Mooneyham Bagwell. He was a 1970 graduate of Dorman High School, and was employed with the City of Spartanburg Department of Public Safety for 18 years. He was also owner and operator of a retail/wholesale shoe business for 10 years and the Whistle Stop Cafe in downtown Spartanburg. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Moore and had coached Little League Baseball for a number of years.
Surviving are his wife, Sharon Sligh Bagwell, of the home; three children, Tracie Bagwell Mercer and husband Joel Barton Mercer, of Spartanburg, Brooks David Bagwell of Spartanburg and Private Mary Beth Bagwell, serving in the U.S. Army at Fort Leonard, Mo; one stepson, Lee Wilson, of Mount Pleasant; two granddaughters, Isabelle Isaacs Mercer and Olivia Brook Johnson; one sister and brother-in-law, Catherine B. and Johnny Wingo, of Roebuck; two brothers and sisters-in-law, James R. "Jim" and Paita Bagwell of Boiling Springs, and Carl F. "Frank" and Ruth Bagwell of Spartanburg; and nine nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held Sunday, March 3, at 2 p.m. at Bethlehem Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Alvin Burdette and the Rev. Alan Bagwell. Interment will follow at the church cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be Robert Walden, Curt Strickland, Dean Israel, Glenn Greer, Kenneth Wingo, Chad Bagwell and Tim Wingo. Honorary pallbearers will be City of Spartanburg Public Safety Officers.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Spartanburg Regional Foundation, Gibbs Regional Cancer Center, 101 E. Wood St., Spartanburg, SC 29303; or First Baptist Church of Moore, 1114 Moore-Duncan Highway, Moore, SC 29369.
The family will receive friends tonight from 6 to 8 at the Lanford-Pollard Funeral Home; and, they will be at the home at 1113 Highway 290.
---The Greenville News, 2 March 2002
A life-long resident of Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late James Leroy and Julia Mooneyham Bagwell. He was a 1970 graduate of Dorman High School, and was employed with the City of Spartanburg Department of Public Safety for 18 years. He was also owner and operator of a retail/wholesale shoe business for 10 years and the Whistle Stop Cafe in downtown Spartanburg. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Moore and had coached Little League Baseball for a number of years.
Surviving are his wife, Sharon Sligh Bagwell, of the home; three children, Tracie Bagwell Mercer and husband Joel Barton Mercer, of Spartanburg, Brooks David Bagwell of Spartanburg and Private Mary Beth Bagwell, serving in the U.S. Army at Fort Leonard, Mo; one stepson, Lee Wilson, of Mount Pleasant; two granddaughters, Isabelle Isaacs Mercer and Olivia Brook Johnson; one sister and brother-in-law, Catherine B. and Johnny Wingo, of Roebuck; two brothers and sisters-in-law, James R. "Jim" and Paita Bagwell of Boiling Springs, and Carl F. "Frank" and Ruth Bagwell of Spartanburg; and nine nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held Sunday, March 3, at 2 p.m. at Bethlehem Baptist Church, conducted by the Rev. Alvin Burdette and the Rev. Alan Bagwell. Interment will follow at the church cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be Robert Walden, Curt Strickland, Dean Israel, Glenn Greer, Kenneth Wingo, Chad Bagwell and Tim Wingo. Honorary pallbearers will be City of Spartanburg Public Safety Officers.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Spartanburg Regional Foundation, Gibbs Regional Cancer Center, 101 E. Wood St., Spartanburg, SC 29303; or First Baptist Church of Moore, 1114 Moore-Duncan Highway, Moore, SC 29369.
The family will receive friends tonight from 6 to 8 at the Lanford-Pollard Funeral Home; and, they will be at the home at 1113 Highway 290.
---The Greenville News, 2 March 2002
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