Dorothy Bagwell Obituary A service to celebrate the life of Dorothy (Dot) Nell Bagwell is scheduled for 10:00 A.M., Saturday, January 28, 2012, at the Ford Memorial Chapel, First Baptist Church, Lubbock, with Dr. Paul Armes officiating. Burial will be in the Resthaven Memorial Park Cemetery. Family and friends will gather at Agape Funeral Chapel from 5 to 7 P.M. Friday to fellowship and remember her 79 years of life. Saturday afternoon, the family will receive guests, from 1 to 3 P.M., at the home of Troy and Jennifer Burke, 8805 Salem Ave, Lubbock. Dorothy (Dot) was born February 24, 1932 in Bruceville, Texas, to the late W.D. and Gladys Turner, of Lubbock. She graduated from Lubbock High School in 1949, attended Texas Tech before graduating from the University Of Texas School Of Nursing in Galveston. She married the late E. Bruce Bagwell on December 21, 1953, and they lived together in Lubbock until his death. Dot was a Registered Nurse and served as office nurse, for at least 10 years, for Dr. R. C. Douglas and in a variety of settings and hospitals in Lubbock, Madisonville, El Paso and Austin, TX, Little Rock, AR, Fayetteville, NC, Charleston, SC and Albuquerque, NM. She completed her nursing career specializing in pediatric intensive care nursing. In addition to nursing, Dot also did advanced studies in cultural anthropology at Texas Tech. She did field research in Mezzo-American culture in the Yucatan and Polynesian culture in the South Pacific. Dot was a long time member of First Baptist Church of Lubbock. She was an avid reader, loved music, art, and taking her grandchildren on cruises. Dot was preceded in death by her husband, Bruce, and her son, Barton J. (Sandy) Bagwell. She is survived by three children: The Reverend Dr. Tom Knowles-Bagwell and wife Elizabeth of Nashville, TN, Jane A. Powell and husband Gordon of Austin, and Sally L. Walker and husband Robert of Arlington, TX. She is also survived by three grandchildren: Amanda N. Powell of Austin, John T. Knowles-Bagwell of St. Louis, MO, and Anna E. Knowles-Bagwell of Nashville, TN. She is also survived by her brothers, Roy Turner and wife Nelda and Wayne Turner of Lubbock, Jim Turner of Spring, TX and one sister Pat Anderson and husband Paul of Wolfforth along with numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and a host of friends at Ventura Place. A tribute page is available at agapefuneralchapel.com where you may leave memories and expressions of sympathy for her family. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions be made to The School of Nursing at Wayland Baptist University, 1900 W. 7th Street, Plainview, Texas, 79072.