Funeral services for Sam Baggett Jr. , 88, of Livingston will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Oakdale Cemetery.
A retired meat market manager and cattleman, he died on Wednesday, March 13, at Pine Ridge Health Care after a brief illness.
Baggett was born in Evergreen, San Jacinto County, but lived most of his life in the Polk County community of Oakdale. A member of Central Baptist Church of Livingston, he enjoyed hunting, trail riding and playing 42.
Baggett is survived by his wife of 68 years, Mavis Baggett of Livingston; his son, Donnis Baggett, and his wife, Beverly Brown, of Bryan; daughter, Martha Ellis, and her husband, Bill Hodges, both of Livingston; grandson Wade Ellis and his wife, Laura Ellis, of Onalaska; grandson Drew Samuel Ellis of Onalaska; granddaughter Valerie Baggett of Carrollton; grandson David Baggett and his wife, Heather Baggett, of Charlottesville, Va.; and great-granddaughters Kelsi Ellis of Livingston, Kathryn and Lettie Ellis of Onalaska, and Samantha “Sam” Baggett of Charlottesville, Va.
Other survivors include his brother and sister-in-law, James A. Baggett and Rita Baggett of Theodore, Ala.; sister Dorothy Wigley of Fred, Texas; sister Shirley Brown of Livingston; sister Clina Mae Wright of Livingston; sister and brother-in-law Jessie Bee Duff and Freddy Duff of Livingston; sister and brother-in-law Joyce and Elmer Corcoran of Huntsville; sister Alice Baggett of Livingston; brother-in-law Joe Baxley of Livingston; and numerous nieces and nephews.
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