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     Carolyn Cooper was born in 1925.¹ She married Alex Bunyan Bagwell, son of James Alex Bagwell and Ida M. Shankles, on 6 February 1943 at Gainesville, Georgia. As of after 1945,her married name was Bagwell. Carolyn Cooper died in 1982.¹ She was buried at Memorial Park Cemetery and Columbarium, Gainesville, Hall County, Georgia.¹

     Stephenson R. Merritt Jr. was born on 3 December 1906 in Georgia. He married Irene Bagwell, daughter of James Alex Bagwell and Ida M. Shankles, before 1930. Stephenson R. Merritt Jr. died on 8 April 1995 in Georgia at age 88.

     Boyd B. Brown was born on 12 July 1904 in Georgia. He married Lorena Bagwell, daughter of James Alex Bagwell and Ida M. Shankles, before 1929. Boyd B. Brown died on 23 March 1973 in Gainesville, Hall County, Georgia, at age 68.

     Eula Mae Pinson was born in 1921.¹ As of after 1935,her married name was Bagwell. She married James William Bagwell, son of James Alex Bagwell and Ida M. Shankles, after 1935. Eula Mae Pinson died on 21 February 2015 in Hall County, Georgia, Mrs. Eula Mae Pinson Bagwell, 94 of Oakwood died Saturday February 21, 2015 at her residence.

A lifelong resident of Hall County, Mrs. Bagwell was the daughter of the late A.P. and Sallie Whelchel Pinson. She was a homemaker and also worked along side of her late husband, J.W. Bagwell on the family farm. Mrs. Bagwell was a member of Flat Creek Baptist Church.

Survivors include her son, Terry Bagwell; son and daughter-in-law, Stanley and Julie Bagwell; daughter and son-in-law, Janice and Bobby McKenzie; son and daughter-in-law, Bradley and Lugene Bagwell, all of Oakwood; grandchildren, Gail Bagwell, Jason Bagwell, Alex and Millie Sheffield, Ryan Sheffield, Dillon and Carmen Ramos, and Brooke Bagwell; great granddaughter, Adalynn Sheffield; brother, Wilburn Pinson, Gainesville; sister and brother-in-law, Virginia and Glenn Waldrip, Gainesville; sisters-in-law, Cordelle Pinson, Gainesville; Mauline Pinson, Gainesville; Estelle Bagwell, Oakwood; brother-in-law, J.H. Holcombe, Gainesville. A number of nieces and nephews also survive.

Mrs. Bagwell is preceded in death by her parents, her husband, J.W. Bagwell, sisters, Lounell Holcombe, Ellen Irene Pinson; brothers, John D. Pinson, Clyde Pinson and George Pinson, sister-in-law, Floy Pinson.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday February 23, 2015 at Flat Creek Baptist Church. Rev. Mike Taylor and Rev. Joe Vernon will officiate. Interment will be in the Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Little & Davenport Funeral Home Sunday February 22, 2014 from 2-5 p.m.

In lieu of flowers the family has asked that memorial contributions be made to Flat Creek Baptist Church Building Fund or ones favorite charity in memory of Mrs.Bagwell.

Those wishing to send online condolences to the family may do so at littledavenport.com

Little & Davenport Funeral Home, 355 Dawsonville Highway, SW, Gainesville,Ga. 30501 is in charge of arrangements 770-534-5201.¹ She was buried at Memorial Park Cemetery and Columbarium, Gainesville, Hall County, Georgia.¹

     Terry Bagwell is the son of James William Bagwell and Eula Mae Pinson.

     Stanley Bagwell is the son of James William Bagwell and Eula Mae Pinson.

     Janice Bagwell is the daughter of James William Bagwell and Eula Mae Pinson.

     Bradley Bagwell is the son of James William Bagwell and Eula Mae Pinson.

     Benjamin W. M. Davis was born circa 1825. He married Lavinia Bagwell, daughter of Jesse Bagwell and Mary "Polly" Raybourn, on 9 October 1851 at Forsyth County, Georgia. Benjamin W. M. Davis died on 16 September 1886.¹ He was buried at Laurel Grove Cemetery South, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia.¹

     Charlotte M. Smith was born in 1924. As of 30 June 1946,her married name was Bagwell. She married Ansel Guy Bagwell, son of Abner Guy Bagwell and Mattie Jenkins, on 30 June 1946. Charlotte M. Smith died in 1995. She was buried at Grandview Memorial Gardens, Champaign, Champaign County, Illinois.

     Kathleen Bagwell is the daughter of Benjamin Franklin Bagwell and Mary Lou Seay. Kathleen Bagwell married (?) Ballew after 1960.

     Brenda Bagwell is the daughter of Benjamin Franklin Bagwell and Mary Lou Seay. Brenda Bagwell married Leon Smith after 1960.

     (?) Ballew married Kathleen Bagwell, daughter of Benjamin Franklin Bagwell and Mary Lou Seay, after 1960.

     (?) Jett married Lorraine G. Bagwell, daughter of Benjamin Franklin Bagwell and Mary Lou Seay, after 1960.

     Mike Palmer married Rosa Janelle Bagwell, daughter of Benjamin Franklin Bagwell and Mary Lou Seay, after 1960.

     Leon Smith married Brenda Bagwell, daughter of Benjamin Franklin Bagwell and Mary Lou Seay, after 1960.

     Joan Elaine Bagwell was born in 1951.¹ She was the daughter of George Truitt Bagwell and Estelle Kendall. Joan Elaine Bagwell died in 2007.¹ She was buried at Memorial Park Cemetery and Columbarium, Gainesville, Hall County, Georgia.¹

     Evelyn N. (?) was born in 1921.¹ As of after 1945,her married name was Bagwell. She married William Herbert Bagwell, son of James Alex Bagwell and Ida M. Shankles, after 1945. Evelyn N. (?) died in 2002.¹ She was buried at Memorial Park Cemetery and Columbarium, Gainesville, Hall County, Georgia.¹

     Richard Tracy married Rebecca Bagwell, daughter of Alwin Emory Bagwell and Mildred Compton, after 1970.

     Byron Edward Bagwell was born on 24 February 1913 in King County, Washington.¹ He was the son of Frederick Brownleigh Bagwell and Martha Hyden. Byron Edward Bagwell married Ruth Minaglia before 1935. Byron Edward Bagwell lived in 1940 in Los Angeles, California. He served as a Boatswain's Mate Second Class (BM2) in the US Navy during World War II.¹ He served in the US Navy aborad the USS Naos (AK-105) during World War II.

The USS Naos (AK-105) was a Crater-class cargo ship commissioned by the US Navy for service in World War II. Naos was named after the star Naos, in the constellation Puppis. She was responsible for delivering troops, goods and equipment to locations in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater.

In 1943-1944:
Departing San Pedro on 25 August, Naos loaded cargo at San Francisco and made a round trip run to Pearl Harbor and back between 28 August and 25 October. During the next month she was converted for use as a combination troop transport and cargo ship by General Engineering and Drydock Co., San Francisco. She cleared the Golden Gate 10 December, embarked 1,080 troops at Port Hueneme, and sailed for the South Pacific in convoy 12 December.

Naos reached Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, 3 January 1944, and discharged her troops and supplies. A week later she sailed for Fiji and thus began shuttle duty throughout much of the South Pacific. Troop and cargo runs during the next eight months sent her to numerous American bases scattered from Samoa and the Ellice Islands to New Caledonia and the Solomons. While carrying more than 1,000 troops from Tulagi to New Zealand in mid-March, she was pounded by a severe tropical storm which left her relatively undamaged but damaged her escort, PC–588. Naos provided emergency aid before sending the battered escort to New Caledonia.

Maintaining her busy pace of operations, Naos departed Guadalcanal for the Admiralties. She operated out of Manus between 30 September and 25 October, thence sailed the next day to carry troop reinforcements and supplies to the Palaus. She reached Kossol Passage 31 October, and for more than a month she operated in coastal waters off the northern Palaus. During yet another tropical storm 8 November, Naos sent a volunteer crew to rescue 26 men from SC–633 which was thrown upon a reef by heavy seas. Early in December she embarked 1,114 troops and loaded US Army tanks at Anguar and Peleliu before departing in convoy 8 December. Steaming via the Russell Islands, she returned to Nouméa 22 December. Four days later she resumed shuttle runs which continued throughout the South Pacific for the next five months.

1945-1946:
After embarking Seabee units at Nouméa, Naos sailed for Okinawa 15 May 1945. She touched at bases in the Solomons, the Marshalls, and the Western Carolines and finally arrived off Hagushi Beach, Okinawa, 11 July. She completed discharge and reload operations later that month, and on 29 July, she joined a 65-ship convoy bound for the Marianas. Sailing via Saipan, she reached Pearl Harbor 22 August.[3]

Following the Japanese surrender, Naos returned to the western Pacific carrying repatriated prisoners-of-war and military cargo. She arrived Okinawa 2 October; and, after steaming to avoid Typhoon Louise a week later, she embarked 1,040 troops for return to the United States. She sailed 14 October, and arrived San Francisco 5 November. Naos decommissioned there 6 December 1945, and was returned to the War Shipping Administration (WSA) the same day. Her name was struck from the Navy List 3 January 1946. He married Sally Sue Schwarzmiller on 17 October 1969 at Snohomish, Snohomish County, Washington. Byron Edward Bagwell died on 28 February 1993 at age 80.¹ He was buried at Carnation Cemetery, Carnation, King County, Washington.¹

     Frederick William Bagwell was born on 12 August 1911 in King County, Washington. He was the son of Frederick Brownleigh Bagwell and Martha Hyden. Frederick William Bagwell married Doris Elizabeth Rossiter after 1930. Frederick William Bagwell died on 17 May 1997 at age 85. He was buried at Green Hills Memorial Park, Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles County, California.

     Doris Elizabeth Rossiter was born on 22 February 1916. As of after 1930,her married name was Bagwell. She married Frederick William Bagwell, son of Frederick Brownleigh Bagwell and Martha Hyden, after 1930. Doris Elizabeth Rossiter died on 28 February 1996 at age 80. She was buried at Green Hills Memorial Park, Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles County, California.

     Paul Andrew Eastman was born in 1872. He married Flora Ethel Crawford before 1906. Paul Andrew Eastman died on 19 January 1946.

     James Henry Kelly was born on 19 December 1897 in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana. He married Ollie Viola Bagwell, daughter of Andrew Jackson Bagwell Jr. and Emma Harriett Gentry, after 1915. James Henry Kelly died on 24 September 1986 in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, at age 88.

     Charles B. Kelly married Barbara Ann Bagwell, daughter of James Roy Bagwell and Eula Viola Graham, after 1954.

     Reverend Howard Herndon married Barbara Ann Bagwell, daughter of James Roy Bagwell and Eula Viola Graham, after 1970.

     Maria E. Sanchez was born on 9 April 1921. As of before 1952,her married name was Bagwell. She married Bedford Lee Bagwell, son of Knox Earnest Bagwell and Rosa Pearl Wilson, before 1952. Maria E. Sanchez died on 21 August 2009 at age 88 Maria E. Bagwell, a native of La Cueva, N.M., located in Mora County passed away on Friday Aug. 21, 2009, at 88.

She was born on April 9, 1921, to the late David Sanchez and Nicanora Martinez. Also preceding her in death is her husband, Bedford Bagwell and their son, Anthony Bagwell; brothers, Fidel Gurule and Amadeo Sanchez and niece, Patricia Gurule.

Surviving Maria are two sisters-in-law, Florence Gurule of La Cueva, N.M., and Amanda Sanchez of Los Alamos, N,M. Her nephews and nieces are Joseph Gurulé of California, Michael Gurulé and wife Erin of Crest Hill, Ill., Ronnie Gurule and wife Pearl of Springer, N.M., Amadeo Sanchez Jr. of Los Alamos, N.M., Eddie Sanchez of Los Alamos, N.M., Gina Pacheco and husband Raymond of Mora, N.M, Gwen Moore of Buena Vista, N.M., Cathy Duran and husband Margarito of Milan, N.M., Annette Martinez and husband Richard of Espanola, N.M., and Evelyn Voos and husband Ray of Rutheron, N.M. Also surviving Maria is her special God-daughter whom she loved as her own daughter, Rose Estrada and husband Don of Las Vegas and their children, Marvin Estrada and family of Bernalillo, N.M., Jeanette Gutierrez and husband Ernest and family of Wagon Mound, N.M., Theresa Estrada and Richard Garcia and family of La Cueva, N.M., and Don Estrada and wife Angel and family of Albuquerque. She is also survived her close friend, Gita Telles of Las Vegas and also numerous cousins of Buena Vista, N.M., and many loving friends.

A rosary was recited Sunday Aug. 23, at the chapel at Nelson Funeral Home. A funeral mass will be celebrated by the Rev. John McHugh at 10 a.m. Monday Aug. 24 , at St. Gertrude Catholic Church in Mora. Interment will follow the mass at La Cueva Cemetery in La Cueva, N.M. Serving as pallbearers will be Ronnie Gurule, Dominic Pacheco, Richard Garcia, Ernest Gutierrez, Roy Mares and Raymond Pacheco.

Arrangements are under the direction of Nelson Funeral Home; 801 Douglas Avenue in Las Vegas, N.M; (505) 425-6551. She was buried at La Cueva Cemetery, La Cueva, Mora County, New Mexico.

     Anthony Lee Bagwell was born in 1952 in New Mexico. He was the son of Bedford Lee Bagwell and Maria E. Sanchez. Anthony Lee Bagwell died on 4 August 1970 and was the only child of Bedford and Maria (Mary) Bagwell. He was killed in a motorcycle accident.

     Willard Roy Carnal was born on 22 April 1915 in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma. As of after 1933,her married name was Bagwell. She married Dora Elzen Bagwell, son of Elbert Franklin Bagwell and Ruth Almira Townsend, after 1933. Willard Roy Carnal died on 28 October 1971 at age 56.¹ She was buried at Green Acres Memorial Park, Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona.¹

     Mary L. (Mollie) Wimberly was born in 1860 in Bowie County, Texas.¹ As of circa 1879,her married name was Bagwell. She married Elbert Franklin Bagwell, son of George Washington Bagwell and Sarah M. J. Lewis, circa 1879. Mary L. (Mollie) Wimberly died in 1889.¹ She was buried at Old Wimberly Cemetery, De Kalb, Bowie County, Texas.¹