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- MHR note: Lived 4.5 miles north east of Purdin, Missouri. He served in the infantry in WWI. Worked for the Purdin Mercantile Co. before he became a farmer. J.C. Ready baptized him into the Church of Christ, August 1919, and he was an elder of the church for the last nine years of his life.
They had four children.
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- MO. PVT. 2 Co. 164 DEPOT BRIGADE WWI Roy, son of Charles and Anna Hedges Bagley, was born in Purdin MO, died at Kirksville MO. 19 May 1918 wed Edna Ann Foster. 4 children, Mrs Clyde (Margaret) McCollum, Denver; Charlie, deceased; Mrs. Milton (Clarice) Ruppert, Nokomis IL and Mrs. Curt (Carolyn) Helms, New Boston. (The Browning Leader-Record, issue 21 Nov 1957, Browning MO.)
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- R.C. Bagley Passed Away In Kirksville
Roy Curtis Bagley was born at Purdin, Misouri, April 22, 1895, the eldest of eight children born to the late Charles S. and Anna Hedges Bagley. His mother survives him. He passed away at a Hospital in Kirksville, Missouri, November 14, 1957 at the age of 62 years, 6 months and 23 days.
“Curt” as he was known to all his friends, was reared on a farm northeast of Purdin, Missouri, in which community he spent his entire life.
He was united in marriage on May 19, 1918 to Edna Ann Foster. To this union four children were born: Margaret McCollum, of Denver, Colo.; Charles, who preceded him in death; Clarice Ruppert, Nokomis, Ill, and Carolyn Helms, New Boston, Mo.
In his early manhood he served his country in the U.S. Infantry during World War I, and worked at the Purdin Mercantile Co., prior to entering his lifetime occupation as a farmer.
He leaves to mourn his passing, his beloved wife of the home; his mother at Purdin, Mo.; three daughters and their husbands, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde McCollum, Denver, Colo.; Mr. and Mrs. Milton Ruppert, Nokomis, Ill; Mr. and Mrs. Curt Helms, New Boston, Mo.; ten grandchildren, Rozanne, Karen, Lois, Clidena, Evan and Joyce McCollum; Allen, Phyllis and Jimmie Ruppert, and Max Helms.
One sister, Mrs. Opal Buckman, Linneus, Mo.; five brothers: Raymond, of Meadville; Chester and Leslie, of Kirksville; Alva, of Shelbina, and Wayne, of Nokomis, Ill; a great number of nephews and nieces and a host of other relatives and friends.
He was affiliated with the Church of Christ in Purdin, Mo., in August 1919, and was baptized by J.C. Roady, a well known evangelistic minister of faith. Curt remained faithful to his church and served in numerous capacities, for the eight or nine years as one of its Elders.
Funeral services were held Sunday, November 17, 1957, at 2 p.m., conducted by Evangelist James Burgess of Kansas City, at the Church of Christ in Purdin. Song service was by James Calhoun, Rev. and Mrs. Al Mitchener and Mrs. J.W. Grice, who sang, God Will Wipe Away All Tears, and God Will Take Care of You.
Flower girls were nieces, Marilea Johnston, Phyllis, Richards, Nellie Harris, Bertie Schweizer, Susan, Janet, Carolyn Ann and Kathryn Bagley, Patty and Marcia Foster, Annette Myers and Lorraine Smith.
Pallbearers were nephews, John, Ronald, Dale, Larry and Roger Bagley and Donald Buckman.
Honorary Pallbearers were members of his Sunday School class, ray Pulliam, Brooks and Willis Buckman, R.D. Cassity, George Jenkins, Garfield Hill, Quinn Guyer and Clair Shipp.
Interment was made in the Purdin cemetery under the direction of Brothers & Wright Funeral Directors.
The Browning Leader-Record, Browning, Missouri. Thursday, 21 November 1957, page 1.
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