Dr. William Bagbey

MOUNDS, Ill. -- Dr. William Hardwick Bagbey, 93, of Mounds passed away at 9:10 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

Doc was born Aug. 7, 1922, at Bertrand, Missouri, the son of the late William Robert Bagbey and Mary Helen Hardwick Bagbey.

Doc was a member of the United Methodist Church in Mounds; a life-time member of Mounds VFW Post 8891; a member of the Palmer College Chiropractic Alumni and a World War II Marine Corps veteran. Doc was a chiropractor in Mounds from 1948 until the present.

Doc was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Effie Cobbs Bagbey; a sister, Rosemary Andrews; and a brother, Charles Bagbey.

Survivors include two sons, Frank Bagbey of Cape Girardeau and Kris Bagbey of Franklin, Tennessee; a daughter, Pamela Bagbey of Chaffee, Missouri; two special sons, David Hutton of Franklin and Frank Trankler of Cape Girardeau; two sisters, Brenda Cobbs of Mounds and Betty Smith of Kentucky; two grandchildren, Barbra (Kenny) Elfrink and Sarah (Thomas) Farquhar; seven great-grandchildren; a special niece and daughter, Jackie Moore of Mounds; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. today at United Methodist Church in Mounds.

The funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the church, with the Revs. Doug Atkins and Buddy Walls officiating. Interment will be in Green Lawn Memorial Gardens at Villa Ridge, Illinois.

To leave online condolences, please visit www.jones-funeral.com.

Jones Funeral Home Villa Ridge is in charge of the arrangements.