| Bagby, R. C. 267021 |
| Birth: 00/00/1932 Death: 11/19/1960 Marriage: |
| Cemetery: Fairland-Littlejohn |
| Record Source: Other Newspaper, The Paris News |
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If you copy this information, please cite this as your source: Betsy Mills and Ron Brothers. The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas, ReBroMa Press, 2008, http://www.lamarcountytx.org/cemetery. (12/17/2025) |
| Notes LUBBOCK AVALANCHE-JOURNAL, Tue, Nov 8, 1960, p. 3: “Sundown Negro Hurt In Hockley Shooting. LEVELLAND (Special) Negro man identified as R. C. Bagby, 28, Sundown, remained in “poor” condition at Phillips-Dupre Hospital here late Monday from a bullet wound sustained Sunday. Officers said that Earl Lewis, another Sundown Negro, was being held in Hockley County Jail here on charges as assault with intent to murder. Bagby was shot once in the stomach with a .38-caliber revol1ver, according to Sundown Constable O. W. Cook, who investigated. The shooting occurred at a Sundown residence. Officers said a 12-year-old girl involved in the dispute was turned over to juvenile authorities.” THE PARIS NEWS, Thursday, Nov 17, 1960, p. 2: “R. C. Bagby. Funeral arrangements for R. C. Bagby, 28, Negro resident of 812-3rd NE here, are in charge of William Maxey Funeral Home, but were incomplete. Employed at Levelland the past month, Bagby, died in a hospital there Wednesday from a gunshot wound suffered 10 days earlier. No details of the shooting were reported here. Surviving are a brother and three sisters, R. L. Bagby and Mrs. Ella Walton, Paris; Mrs. Loma Allen and Mrs. Mildred Cofield, both of Oklahoma City, Okla.; these uncles and aunts: R. L, Reed, Dave Reed and Mrs. Cleo Reece, all of Annona, and Mrs. Ruby Phillips, Texarkana.” THE PARIS NEWS, Sun, Nov 20, 1960, p. 2: “Bagby Burial. The funeral of R. C. Bagby, Negro resident of 812-3rd NE here will be conducted Sunday, at 2 p.m., at William Maxey Funeral Home by the Rev. R. L. Gray. Interment will be made in Fairland Cemetery. Bagby who had been at work in Levelland the past month, died Wednesday there of a gunshot wound, inflicted about 10 days earlier.” Birth year is calculated. |