Wanda Earlene Bagwell's Obituary
A gathering of Mrs. Bagwell’s family and friends will be from 6:00 p.m. until
8:00 p.m., Friday, October 28, 2016, at Broussard’s, 1605 North Major Drive,
Beaumont. Her funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, October 29,
2016, at Wesley United Methodist Church, 3810 North Major Drive, Beaumont. A
graveside service will be at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 1, 2016, at Claude
Cemetery, Claude, Texas. Arrangements are by Broussard's Mortuary in Beaumont with local arrangements by Robertson Claude Chapel.
Wanda Earlene Bagwell, 88, of Beaumont, died Wednesday, October 26, 2016, at Baptist
Hospitals of Southeast Texas, Beaumont. She was born on January 2, 1928, to
Annie Lou Joplin and Elwood Lee Johnson in Crosbyton, Texas. Wanda loved
quilting for her children and grandchildren and enjoyed square dancing. She
retired as a librarian from Peace Elementary School in Port Acres and taught typing
French High School. She was a member of Fidelis Sunday School at Wesley United
Methodist Church.
Survivors include her daughter, Linda Bagwell of Beaumont; grandchildren, Lee Arthur and
his wife, Amy, of Washington State; Lisa Harding of Arkansas; April Sellers of
Bridge City; Wendell Poplin of Buna; Tammy Holloway and her husband, Greg, of
Nederland; and Robert Bagwell of Pennsylvania; fourteen great-grandchildren;
and thirteen great-great-grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Milton Wyatt Bagwell; and sons, Michael
Bagwell and Claude Bagwell.
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