Barbara Jane Hood Bagwell, 69

ELLENDALE - Barbara Jane (Hood) Bagwell, 69, passed away on Friday, June 5, 2009, at Bayhealth Medical Center in Milford. Barbara was born in Millsboro, on March 18, 1940. She was a life-long resident of Delaware. She was a kind, loving person who, although legally blind, spent her life helping others. Barbara had many friends at the Slaughter Neck Cheer Center. She attended church faithfully and enjoyed studying the Bible. She attended Philadelphia Pentecostal Church in Ellendale for several years. The past four years, she attended Truth & Life Center in Georgetown, Delaware. She was preceded in death by her husband, Danny Bagwell; three sisters and one brother. She is survived by one sister, Marie Hood; a godson, Harlee "Sporty Joe" Watson; a niece, Madeline Parnell who was her caregiver for the past 14 years; as well as a host of nieces and nephews and extended family. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Friday, June 12, at the Philadelphia Pentecostal Holiness Church, Ellendale, where friends may call two prior to the service. Interment will be in the Old Hickory Cemetery, Slaughter Neck. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Truth & Life Center, P.O. Box 564, Georgetown, DE 19947. Letters of condolence may be sent, and guestbook may be signed at www.benniesmithfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are being handled by Bennie Smith Funeral Home, Milford.