Obituary of Mrs N F Bagley, Lamar County, Texas *********************************************************** Submitted by: June Cabourne Date: 11 Aug 2009 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/lamar/lamartoc.htm *********************************************************** Following is the obituary notice I found among my grandfather, J. E. Bagley's, effects. This was his mother. She died Oct. 8, 1950. I don't know what newspaper this appeared in as all the identifying information has been removed from the clipping. Her husband, Nathan Floyd Bagley died in 1907 in Lamar County, TX. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mrs. N. F. Bagley, 89, Dies Sunday at Home Mrs. N. F. Bagley, 89, a widow, formerly Miss Mary Ellen (sic) Brannon, died at home, Rt. 1, Paris, Sunday morning at 10:10 o'clock. She was born in Atlanta, Ga., April 16, 1861, daughter of the late S. Brannon and wife, who was Miss Nancy Jane Pool. The funeral was arranged for 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon at Emberson Baptist Church, with interment in Prairie Ridge Cemetery by Brown-Roden Funeral Home. The Rev. J. L. Wideman, Baptist minister, had charge of services. Named as pallbearers were these grandsons: Russell Williams, L. D. Head, Troy Head, Dewrell Williams, Kenneth Smith and Doyle Hively. Mrs. Bagley leaves these children: Mrs. A. L. Williams, Caviness community; Mrs. Walker Smith, Soper, Okla.; J. E. Bagley and W. T. Bagley, Fort Worth; 33 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and 6 great-great-grandchildren. NOTE: The submitter gives this information. Mary Luella Bagley, was a resident of Lamar County from about 1883 until her death in 1950. There is a small error in the article regarding her name which I did not correct. Her middle name was 'Luella', the paper says 'Ellen', she actually went by 'Ella'. Mary Ellen Brannon Mary Luella Brannon Mary Ella Brannon Mary Brannon Mary Ellen Bagley Mary Luella Bagley Mary Ella Bagley Mary Bagley