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     Irene Love Fonville was born on 11 August 1923 in Durham, Durham County, North Carolina. As of 6 August 1943,her married name was Bagwell. She married Elwood Wiley Bagwell, son of William Staley Bagwell and Ester Tillery Wyatt, on 6 August 1943 at Durham, North Carolina. Irene Love Fonville died on 17 August 2019 in Oviedo, Seminole County, Florida, at age 96


Irene Love Fonville Bagwell, 96, passed away on 8-17-19 at Lutheran Haven in Oviedo, Florida. She was the widow of Elwood Wiley Bagwell. They shared 59 years of happy marriage together.

Born at home in Durham, North Carolina on 8-11-1923, she was the daughter of Isaac and Lydia Stanley Fonville. In 1941 she graduated from Durham High School where she met her lifelong love, Elwood. She studied at Duke University for two years. After her 1943 wedding she moved to Lubbock, Texas where she graduated with a B.S. with high honors from Texas Tech University in 1945. During her college years at Duke, she worked as a secretary in the College of Education. From 1957 to 1962, she served in the Dean's Office at Duke University, supporting prospective students and the admissions department. For 45 years, she served on the staff of First Baptist Church as the pastor's secretary and then became the Preschool Director and Director of Children's programs.

Irene actively participated in Durham Women's Club and Garden Club. Chosen as Mother of the Year in 1982, Irene was active as a volunteer in the community. She led Girl Scout troops for many years. After retirement, she volunteered at Durham Regional Hospital, English as a Second Language program, Vacation Bible School, Children's Choir, and International Wives. In addition to participating in the multi-year Women's Health Initiative, she volunteered in 13 different research studies at Duke's Center on Aging. Irene loved being in nature, especially vegetable and flower gardening, and bird watching. With her husband, she enjoyed international travel and entertaining friends and family at their home in the NC mountains. Irene was a wonderful mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She delighted in her playing and interacting with her grandchildren and great granddaughter. Irene was humble and giving and a lifelong advocate for children. She will be remembered for her kind, welcoming, and loving spirit.

Irene was preceded in death by her husband, Elwood Wiley Bagwell, and her brother, Isaac Brinson Fonville, Jr.

She is survived by two children, Nancy Jones (Tim), of Winter Springs, FL and Betsy Kemeny (Paul), of Grove City, PA, four grandchildren, Sarah J. Anderson, of Los Angeles, CA; David Jones (Tracy), of Washington, DC; Helen Brown (Alex) of New York, NY; Will Kemeny of Grove City, PA, and one great-granddaughter, Elwood Anderson of Los Angeles, CA.

The family will receive visitors in the Welcome Center at First Baptist Church, Durham, NC on Saturday, August 24 from 3 to 4 pm with a memorial service at 4pm in the sanctuary at First Baptist Church.


She was buried on 24 August 2019 at Maplewood Cemetery, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina.

     Stephen Cobor was born on 8 August 1923 in Ecorse, Wayne County, Michigan. He married Patricia Thelma McCombs on 2 December 1959 at Los Angeles, California. Stephen Cobor and Patricia Thelma McCombs were divorced in November 1970 at San Bernardino County, California. Stephen Cobor died on 14 May 2004 in Apple Valley Highlands, San Bernardino County, California, at age 80.

     Henry Andre Dookie was born on 24 July 1934 in New York, New york. He married Patricia Thelma McCombs before 1997. Henry Andre Dookie and Patricia Thelma McCombs were divorced on 5 November 1997 at Clark County, Nevada. Henry Andre Dookie died in 2018.

     Broadus E. Bagwell was born on 2 January 1932.¹ He died on 3 January 1932.¹ He was the son of Broadus Belton Bagwell and Mamie Sue Wilbanks. Broadus E. Bagwell was buried at Evergreen Cemetery, Chester, Chester County, South Carolina.¹

     Frank Matthew Bagwell Jr. was born on 22 February 1959 in Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. He was the son of Frank Matthew Bagwell Sr. and Helen Ann Mason. Frank Matthew Bagwell Jr. married Debra Byars after 1975. Frank Matthew Bagwell Jr. died on 16 August 2021 in Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, at age 62


Frank M. Bagwell, Jr., 62, of Spartanburg, SC died Monday, August 16, 2021 at Magnolia Manor of Spartanburg. Born February 22, 1959 in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Helen Mason and Frank Matthew Bagwell Sr. and the widower of Debra Byars Bagwell.

In his younger years, Frank volunteered with Hilltop Fire Department. He is a member of Boiling Springs First Baptist. He loved music, reading and building things.

Survivors include his sons, Byars Bagwell of Spartanburg, SC and Frank Matthew Bagwell III (Haley) of Boiling Springs, SC, his grandson, Everett Matthew Bagwell, and his sister, Connie Nelson of Greenville, SC.

Visitation will be 1:00 – 1:45 PM Saturday, August 21, 2021 at Floyd's Greenlawn Chapel, 2075 E. Main Street, Spartanburg, SC 29307. Funeral service will be at 2:00 PM at the chapel. Entombment will be in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens Heritage Chapel Mausoleum.


He was buried on 21 August 2021 at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina.

     Connie G. Bagwell was born on 8 September 1946. She was the daughter of Frank Matthew Bagwell Sr. and Helen Ann Mason. As of after 1962,her married name was Nelson. Connie G. Bagwell married (?) Nelson after 1962. Connie G. Bagwell died on 1 June 2023 in Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina, at age 76. She was cremated.

     (?) Nelson married Connie G. Bagwell, daughter of Frank Matthew Bagwell Sr. and Helen Ann Mason, after 1962.

     SFC Ted Lee Bagwell was born on 18 December 1964 in Aberdeen, Washington. He was the son of Theodore Ledgerwood and Mary Ann Mumm. SFC Ted Lee Bagwell married Rosita Pinaula on 1 June 1990 at Jefferson, Wisconsin. SFC Ted Lee Bagwell died on 18 May 2020 at age 55

SFC Ted Lee Bagwell, age 55, of Killeen, passed away on Monday, May 18, 2020. Viewing is at 10 am. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 am, Monday, June 1, 2020 at Scott’s Funeral Home of Copperas Cove with burial following at Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen.

SFC Ted Lee Bagwell was born Aberdeen, WA to Theodore Ledgerwood and MaryAnn Mumm Bagwell on December 18, 1964. He went to school at Spotsylvania, VA. He married Rosita P. Bagwell on June 1, 1990 in Jefferson, WI. He worked for the US Army for 26 1/2 years.

He was a veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom and served in the US Army. He received Army Commendation Medal (4th Award) , Army Achievement Medal (2nd Award), Army Good Conduct Medal (4th Award), Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal, Army National Defense Service Medal (2nd Award), Global War On Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal (2nd Award), NCO Professional Development Ribbon (2nd Award), Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon (2nd Award), Army Reserve Component Overseas Training Ribbon (2nd Award), Armed Forces Reserve Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal, Expert Infantryman Badge, Parachutist Badge, and the Marksmanship Qual Badge-Expert With Rifle.

Ted is preceded in death by his Son Ashton Uriah Bagwell, Step Father Donald L. Bagwell, Great Grandma Ina Fetsch, and Brother Mark Bagwell.

Ted is survived by wife, Rosita P. Bagwell; children and their spouses, Atinah and Frank, Aharon and Casandra; siblings, Scott Bagwell, Tracy Robinson, Kristina Cabral, Shawnte Ledgerwood, Christopher Ledgerwood, Elias Anderson, Dean Ledgerwood, and Lenzie Lewis; parents, Theodore Ledgerwood and MaryAnn Mumm Bagwell; grandchildren, Tristin L. F. Michel, Tyler John Rios, Tahner Reih Michel, Aleihah K. Guerrero, Xavier John Naputi, Gavin N. Blas, Kaydence D. Blas, Ahrielle J. C. Bagwell, Ahnaleighah J. D. Bagwell, and Ahliyah J. N. Bagwell. Extended Family members, Franshaw Lyn and Gail Frisas Anicas, Franklin and Beverly Frisas, Ivy Pinaula, Roland J. Reyes and Brittany Bouse, Ian Cianciolo and Amy Kunze, Johnny and Jimi Taitano, Ryan and Nicole Garrido, numerous nephews and nieces, and relatives.

The family of SFC Ted Lee Bagwell wishes to extend our sincere thanks to The Arriola Family, Joey Acfalle, The Potter’s House, Amedisys Hospice, Scott’s Funeral Home, and to those who helped with gifts and donations.


He was buried on 1 June 2020 at Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery, Killeen, Bell County, Texas.

     Rosita Pinaula married SFC Ted Lee Bagwell, son of Theodore Ledgerwood and Mary Ann Mumm, on 1 June 1990 at Jefferson, Wisconsin.

     Ashton Uriah Bagwell was born on 16 April 1992. He was the son of SFC Ted Lee Bagwell and Rosita Pinaula. Ashton Uriah Bagwell died on 1 July 1992. He was buried on 10 July 1992 at Guam Veterans Cemetery, Piti, Guam.

     Mary Ann Mumm married Theodore Ledgerwood before 1964. Mary Ann Mumm married Donald Lynn Bagwell, son of Garrett Washington Bagwell and Adaline George, on 27 June 1972 at Las Vegas, Nevada.

     Theodore Ledgerwood married Mary Ann Mumm before 1964.

     Mark Bagwell was born on 2 July 1960 in Kern County, California. He was the son of Donald Lynn Bagwell and Lucy Embrey. Mark Bagwell married Vicki Leone Yslas on 15 January 1985. Mark Bagwell married Kirsten Danielle Rasset on 31 December 1999 at Washington, Oregon. Mark Bagwell and Kirsten Danielle Rasset were divorced on 20 September 2002 at Grays Harbor, Washington. Mark Bagwell died on 23 November 2013 in Kitsap County, Washington, at age 53.

     Scott Bagwell is the son of Donald Lynn Bagwell and Mary Ann Mumm.

     Atinah Bagwell was born after 1991. She was the daughter of SFC Ted Lee Bagwell and Rosita Pinaula. As of after 2008,her married name was Aharon. Atinah Bagwell married Frank Aharon after 2008.

     Frank Aharon married Atinah Bagwell, daughter of SFC Ted Lee Bagwell and Rosita Pinaula, after 2008.

     Aharon Bagwell is the son of SFC Ted Lee Bagwell and Rosita Pinaula.

     (?) Ashwell married Vera Adelia Bagwell, daughter of Frank Feaster Bagwell and Mary Annie Clark, after 1951.

     Carolina Victoria Delancey was also known as Carolyn DeLancey. She was born on 12 July 1874 in North Carolina. As of before 1930,her married name was Bagwell. She married Charles Marvin Bagwell, son of William Morrison Bagwell and Alice Rebecca Moore, before 1930 at Plymouth, Massachusetts. Carolina Victoria Delancey died on 5 March 1957 in St. John's Convalescent Home, Lynchburg, Lynchburg City, Virginia, at age 82. She was buried on 7 March 1957 at Spring Hill Cemetery, Lynchburg, Lynchburg City, Virginia.

     Angela (?) married Dennis Thurn Bagwell, son of Thurn Woodfin Bagwell and Patricia Thelma McCombs, after 1980.¹

     Patrick Dennis Bagwell is the son of Dennis Thurn Bagwell and Angela (?)¹ Patrick Dennis Bagwell married Melissa (?) after 2000.

     Melissa (?) married Patrick Dennis Bagwell, son of Dennis Thurn Bagwell and Angela (?), after 2000.

     Lola Leona McBee was born on 26 January 1948 in Arkansas. As of before 1963,her married name was Bagwell. She married Alan Floyd Bagwell, son of Floyd Eugene Bagwell and Lois Chrystine Boggs, before 1963. Lola Leona McBee died on 20 September 1995 in Stockdale, Wilson County, Texas, at age 47 murdered by her son, Dennis Wayne Bagwell.

     Dennis Wayne Bagwell was born on 27 December 1963 in Denver, Denver County, Colorado. He was the son of Alan Floyd Bagwell and Lola Leona McBee. Dennis Wayne Bagwell married Maria L. Vargas on 4 June 1981 at Hidalgo County, Texas. Dennis Wayne Bagwell married Elizabeth S. Sanders on 18 November 1989 at Harrison County, Texas. Dennis Wayne Bagwell and an unknown person were divorced on 19 May 1994 at Harrison County, Texas. He died on 17 February 2005 in Huntsville, Walker County, Texas, at age 41


Dennis Wayne Bagwell was executed for the September 20, 1995, murders of his mother Leona McBee, age 47; Leona's daughter and his half-sister, Libby Best, age 24; Libby's daughter Reba Best, age 4; and Tassy Boone, age 14, another of Leona's grandaughters, in rural Wilson County TX after Leona refused to loan him money.

Bagwell was sentenced to life in prison for the September 5, 1995, murder of George Newman Barry, the janitor at a bar in Seguin TX. He was tried for this murder after he received the death sentence for the later murders.

Bagwell had been paroled in May 1995 after serving 13 years of an 18-year prison sentence in 1982 for attempted capital murder during a robbery in Hidalgo County TX.

Summary:
Bagwell and his girlfriend, Victoria Wolford, lived in a small travel trailer which Bagwell had parked on property of his mother, Leona McBee, and stepfather, Ron Boone.

About two weeks before the killings, McBee asked Bagwell and Wolford to stop living on the property. Bagwell and Wolford then moved in with friends in San Antonio.

According to the testimony of Wolford, she and Bagwell returned to his mother’s house to borrow money. Wolford retired to the travel trailer because she had a headache.

A short time later, Bagwell walked over to the travel trailer and told Wolford that his mother would only give him $20. Bagwell then went back into McBee’s house. Wolford stood outside the travel trailer.

Through the window, Wolford saw Bagwell strike McBee, then heard screams and two popping noises.

Later, Bagwell took some towels and wetted them with a water hose. He wiped off a hammer and told Wolford he was going to go wipe off fingerprints and make the crime look like a robbery and rape of Tassy Boone.

The four bodies were discovered by Ronald Boone when he came home from work.

Leona McBee, 47, had been beaten and strangled, and her neck was broken. Libby Best, 24, had been shot twice in the head. Tassy Boone, 14, had been beaten, strangled, and sexually assaulted. Her neck was also broken. Reba Best, 4, had been beaten, and her skull was crushed.


He was cremated.

     Frances M. Helen married Dennis Thurn Bagwell, son of Thurn Woodfin Bagwell and Patricia Thelma McCombs, on 11 November 1969 at Madison County, Texas. Frances M. Helen and Dennis Thurn Bagwell were divorced on 9 February 1970 at Leon County, Texas.

     (?) Pratt married Belinda Jane Bagwell, daughter of Blaine Greentown Bagwell and Bonnie G. Redinbaugh, after 1968.

     Hal Gray Higgins married Belinda Jane Bagwell, daughter of Blaine Greentown Bagwell and Bonnie G. Redinbaugh, on 19 August 1967 at Greentown, Howard County, Indiana.

     Karen Lucille Harris was born on 24 August 1941 in Battle Creek, Iowa. As of 6 November 1960,her married name was Bagwell. She married Brent Alan Bagwell, son of Blaine Greentown Bagwell and Bonnie G. Redinbaugh, on 6 November 1960. Karen Lucille Harris and Brent Alan Bagwell were divorced on 18 September 1968 at Chambers, Texas. Karen Lucille Harris died on 4 April 2014 in Whiting, Jackson County, Kansas, at age 72. She was buried at Larkinburg Cemetery, Jackson County, Kansas.

     As of 2 November 1970,her married name was Bagwell. Patricia A. Berry married Brent Alan Bagwell, son of Blaine Greentown Bagwell and Bonnie G. Redinbaugh, on 2 November 1970 at Chambers, Texas.

     Alice Faye Bagwell was born on 6 January 1971 in Hardin County, Texas. She was the daughter of Brent Alan Bagwell and Virginia Lea Proctor. Alice Faye Bagwell died on 1 March 1991 in Jefferson County, Texas, at age 20. She was buried at Fairview Cemetery, Winnie, Chambers County, Texas.