OBITUARY – Baggett

Mrs. Bobbie Jo Baggett, 65, of Altha, FL, passed away Thursday, August 4, 2011, in Blountstown, FL. Bobbie was born on July 17, 1946, in Okaloosa County, FL, and had lived in Altha, FL since 1996, coming from Pensacola. She was a retired draw string operator for a manufacturing company. Bobbie was a member of the Altha, Church of God. She was preceded in death by a son, Samuel Joey Baggett; brothers, Bebe Strickland, Ellis Strickland, Bill Strickland, Samuel Strickland and Bennie Strickland; and sisters, Ethel Gross and Helen Welch.Survivors include her husband, James Harvey Baggett, of Altha; one son, James (Red) Baggett, and his wife, Helen, of Riverside, AL; one brother, Rudy Strickland, and his wife, Shirley, of Crestview; three sisters, Mildred Robinson, Dorothy Goolsby and her husband, Albert, and Joan McCloud, all of Pensacola; and one granddaughter, Dawn Baggett.Funeral services will be held Saturday, August 6, at 3 pm (CDT) at the Altha Church of God with Reverend Allen Nichols officiating. Interment will follow in the Mt. Olive Cemetery in Altha. The family will receive friends Friday, August 5, from 6 until 8 pm (CDT) at the Altha Church of God. All arrangements are under the direction of Marlon Peavy at Peavy Funeral Home in Blountstown (ph. 674-2266).