Deacon Joe Peterson Bagley, Sr. Obituary (1929

Deacon Joe P. Bagley, Sr. All glory and honor to our most high God, to the Lord Jesus Christ, and to presence of the Holy Ghost. Deacon Joe Peterson Bagley, Sr., the third born son of the late Reverend John Pete Bagley and the late Rosa Hardy Bagley born December 5, 1929 in Dundas, VA. He entered into eternal rest on February 24, 2018 at approximately 12:15 pm at Hundley Annex Center of South Hill, VA. Deacon Bagley was a life-long member of the Gilfield Baptist Church of Kenbridge, VA where he served as a deacon for over forty years. He was educated in the Lunenburg County Public Schools system and resided in South Hill, VA, since the early 1950's. He was married on February 14, 1950 to his wife, Cora, who stood and worked by his side until her death on March of 1994. He remained a widower. This union was blessed with five children; His livelihood, his greatest passion was that of farming, especially cultivation that he did for many years of his life. He also had a timber business, did construction and Mechanical work, doing them all well. Over the years, Joe enjoyed fishing, hunting and old Westerns. He joined in eternity, his parents John and Rosa Bagley, his wife Cora, two children, Joe Jr., and Katherine, three brothers, William, John and Curtis, three sisters, Ella, Louise and Pauline, all gone, but not forgotten. Deacon Bagley is lovingly survived by his three children, Bertha Bagley of Durham, NC. Rev. Dorothy Ogburn (Deforest Sr.) of South Hill, VA, and his son-caregiver, John R. Bagley of the home and a dear son-in-law, Albert Bracey, Sr., of Durham, NC., He was highly favored and blessed with twelve, "all special" grandchildren, two sister, Emma and Gladys, one sister-in-law, Jennie and a great host of loving nieces, nephews, cousins along with all other family and friends. Deacon Bagley will be greatly missed, but God's gift of loving and tender mercy in grace, did and always will prevail. To God be the glory. Funeral Service: Friday, March 2, 2018 @ 11:00 AM at Gilfield Baptist Church, 11285 South Hill Road, Kenbridge, Virginia 23944; Reverend Cornelius Ogburn, Eulogist Interment: Bagley's Family Cemetery, 882 Switchback Road, Kenbridge, Virginia 23944