Bobby Scott Bagwell, 24, son of Bert Bagwell and wife, Mrs. Blanche Hackler Bagwell, 308 Front St., Galax, died in a local hospital about 10 a.m. Saturday, August 19, 1961, as the result of injuries suffered in a single-vehicle traffic accident in Galax about 3:30 a.m. Saturday.
The deceased young man was the driver and sole occupant of an automobile which failed to maneuver the intersection of North Main St. and Stuart Dr., as it moved northward on Main into the intersection and crashed into a stone wall on the north side of Stuart Dr., according to Police Officer Cecil Hodge.
The car was demolished by the impact. The victim, according to Officer Hodge, suffered a crushed chest and other injuries in the mishap. He is survived, in addition to his parents, by one sister, Mrs. Reta Clarice Smith, Galax; two brothers, H. A. Bagwell and Charles Bagwell, both of Galax; his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Hackler, RFD 2, Galax; and his paternal grandfather, H. A. Bagwell, Independence.
He was born in Grubb's Chapel community, near Bridle Creek, October 23, 1936. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps for some time, and was employed at the time of his death as a truck driver for Combs & McKnight, of Galax, lumber dealers.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. today (Monday) at Grubb's Chapel Baptist Church by the Rev. Fred Jennings, pastor of the church, the Rev. Brice Barton, and the Rev. Robert S. Dendy, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Galax.
Interment was in the church cemetery, where military rites were conducted by Galax Post No. 7568, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Blue Ridge Post No. 145, American Legion.
The body was removed at 5:30 p.m. Sunday from Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home, Independence, to the residence in Galax, and was placed in the church one hour before the services.
Pallbearers were Gene McKnight, Arthur Lundy, James Sizemore, Reese Spurlin, Joe Anderson, Arnold Hawks, E. W. Cockerham and Noah Felts.
Published in the Galax Gazette; Mon., Aug. 21, 1961.
The deceased young man was the driver and sole occupant of an automobile which failed to maneuver the intersection of North Main St. and Stuart Dr., as it moved northward on Main into the intersection and crashed into a stone wall on the north side of Stuart Dr., according to Police Officer Cecil Hodge.
The car was demolished by the impact. The victim, according to Officer Hodge, suffered a crushed chest and other injuries in the mishap. He is survived, in addition to his parents, by one sister, Mrs. Reta Clarice Smith, Galax; two brothers, H. A. Bagwell and Charles Bagwell, both of Galax; his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Hackler, RFD 2, Galax; and his paternal grandfather, H. A. Bagwell, Independence.
He was born in Grubb's Chapel community, near Bridle Creek, October 23, 1936. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps for some time, and was employed at the time of his death as a truck driver for Combs & McKnight, of Galax, lumber dealers.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. today (Monday) at Grubb's Chapel Baptist Church by the Rev. Fred Jennings, pastor of the church, the Rev. Brice Barton, and the Rev. Robert S. Dendy, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Galax.
Interment was in the church cemetery, where military rites were conducted by Galax Post No. 7568, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Blue Ridge Post No. 145, American Legion.
The body was removed at 5:30 p.m. Sunday from Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home, Independence, to the residence in Galax, and was placed in the church one hour before the services.
Pallbearers were Gene McKnight, Arthur Lundy, James Sizemore, Reese Spurlin, Joe Anderson, Arnold Hawks, E. W. Cockerham and Noah Felts.
Published in the Galax Gazette; Mon., Aug. 21, 1961.
Bobby Scott Bagwell, 24, son of Bert Bagwell and wife, Mrs. Blanche Hackler Bagwell, 308 Front St., Galax, died in a local hospital about 10 a.m. Saturday, August 19, 1961, as the result of injuries suffered in a single-vehicle traffic accident in Galax about 3:30 a.m. Saturday.
The deceased young man was the driver and sole occupant of an automobile which failed to maneuver the intersection of North Main St. and Stuart Dr., as it moved northward on Main into the intersection and crashed into a stone wall on the north side of Stuart Dr., according to Police Officer Cecil Hodge.
The car was demolished by the impact. The victim, according to Officer Hodge, suffered a crushed chest and other injuries in the mishap. He is survived, in addition to his parents, by one sister, Mrs. Reta Clarice Smith, Galax; two brothers, H. A. Bagwell and Charles Bagwell, both of Galax; his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Hackler, RFD 2, Galax; and his paternal grandfather, H. A. Bagwell, Independence.
He was born in Grubb's Chapel community, near Bridle Creek, October 23, 1936. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps for some time, and was employed at the time of his death as a truck driver for Combs & McKnight, of Galax, lumber dealers.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. today (Monday) at Grubb's Chapel Baptist Church by the Rev. Fred Jennings, pastor of the church, the Rev. Brice Barton, and the Rev. Robert S. Dendy, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Galax.
Interment was in the church cemetery, where military rites were conducted by Galax Post No. 7568, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Blue Ridge Post No. 145, American Legion.
The body was removed at 5:30 p.m. Sunday from Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home, Independence, to the residence in Galax, and was placed in the church one hour before the services.
Pallbearers were Gene McKnight, Arthur Lundy, James Sizemore, Reese Spurlin, Joe Anderson, Arnold Hawks, E. W. Cockerham and Noah Felts.
Published in the Galax Gazette; Mon., Aug. 21, 1961.
The deceased young man was the driver and sole occupant of an automobile which failed to maneuver the intersection of North Main St. and Stuart Dr., as it moved northward on Main into the intersection and crashed into a stone wall on the north side of Stuart Dr., according to Police Officer Cecil Hodge.
The car was demolished by the impact. The victim, according to Officer Hodge, suffered a crushed chest and other injuries in the mishap. He is survived, in addition to his parents, by one sister, Mrs. Reta Clarice Smith, Galax; two brothers, H. A. Bagwell and Charles Bagwell, both of Galax; his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Hackler, RFD 2, Galax; and his paternal grandfather, H. A. Bagwell, Independence.
He was born in Grubb's Chapel community, near Bridle Creek, October 23, 1936. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps for some time, and was employed at the time of his death as a truck driver for Combs & McKnight, of Galax, lumber dealers.
Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. today (Monday) at Grubb's Chapel Baptist Church by the Rev. Fred Jennings, pastor of the church, the Rev. Brice Barton, and the Rev. Robert S. Dendy, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Galax.
Interment was in the church cemetery, where military rites were conducted by Galax Post No. 7568, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Blue Ridge Post No. 145, American Legion.
The body was removed at 5:30 p.m. Sunday from Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home, Independence, to the residence in Galax, and was placed in the church one hour before the services.
Pallbearers were Gene McKnight, Arthur Lundy, James Sizemore, Reese Spurlin, Joe Anderson, Arnold Hawks, E. W. Cockerham and Noah Felts.
Published in the Galax Gazette; Mon., Aug. 21, 1961.
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