Baggett siblings photo from Sept 11 2021

 Three remaining Baggett siblings at the old homestead on Sept. 11th 

Robbie (Baggett) Blackstock with her husband Joel

David Baggett 

Roxie Baggett (wife of the late Kelsea Baggett)  

Leslie Baggett with is wife Pam 

Celebrating the life of Winnie Baggett

 Collage by Amy Baggett York   

Celebrating the life of Winnie Baggett, 

 Many said she would be so happy to see this family get-together!  

Winnifred Marie Richardson Baggett (May 8, 1935 - September 4, 2021)

 Winnifred Marie (Richardson) Baggett of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, was born May 8, 1935, in Mahaska, Kansas, and was reared in Dorchester, Nebraska, and met her Savior on September 4, 2021, in Houston, Texas.

She is preceded in death by her parents, Elden and Daisy May (Simpson) Richardson; her husband, Joel L. Baggett; son, John D. Baggett; and numerous brothers and sisters.

She leaves behind to mourn one daughter, Cindy (Tim) Franklin; two sons, Sam Baggett, and Carl (Sharon) Baggett; grandchildren, Joshua (Janelle) Franklin, Stephen (Leah) Franklin, Brandon(Rachel)Franklin, Talitha Cabrera, Kim (Doug) Alexander, Jesse Baggett, Airel (Haley) Baggett, Josie Baggett, Brandy McDonald, Jeremiah (Catie) Baggett, Joel (Betty) Baggett; 31 great grandchildren, 5 great-great grandchildren; brother, William D. “Shorty” Richardson; sisters-in-law, Robbie (Joel) Blackstock and Roxy Baggett; brothers-in-law, David (Jo Ann) Baggett, and Leslie (Pam) Baggett; many nieces and nephews, and a whole host of friends.

While predominately a homemaker, she was employed at Young’s Cleaners in Pine Bluff, and The Pasadena Citizen in Pasadena, Texas, where she formed lasting friendships with her work family. Her hobbies included traveling to visit family and friends, and collecting owls. She loved large get-togethers with family and friends, where she was always serving on the clean-up committee.

She was a faithful member of Victory Baptist Church.

Visitation will be 10:00 A.M. Saturday, September 11, 2021, at Ralph Robinson & Son Funeral Directors, 807 Cherry Street Pine Bluff, AR 71601, followed by a celebration of her life at 11:00 A.M., with Rev. Joshua Franklin and Rev. Bryan Torres officiating. Burial will follow at Good Faith Cemetery.

Memorials can be made to Open Door Baptist Church in Greensburg, PA, or Victory Baptist Church in Pine Bluff.

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Memories are made of this...

 Memories were made here...if walls could talk....I was glad to see this old cotton mill is being renovated  instead of being razed.  Originally Clifton mill no. 3, it was destroyed by flood in the early 1900's then rebuilt and became Converse Cotton Mill (on US 29 between Cowpens  and Spartanburg). 

When her youngest child was old enough to go to school,  my mother went to work as the Converse Cotton Mill as a "spare". As a spare hand she had to show up for work each morning just in case they needed her that day, and if not, then she went back home.  A friend of the family took her and waited for her just in case he had to take her back home. 

 What a neat town Cowpens was back in the day!  When i was a kid, all the stores closed at 2 pm on Wednesdays, so folks could have time to make it to church that night.  Of course, all stores were closed all day on Sunday. 

Now after being closed down since the late 1970's, someone has purchased the property and is renovating the old mill  into 175 loft apartments.  The renovations will  cost about $50 million and should be finished in late 2022.