June Baggett

age 80, of Homewood, Alabama, passed away on September 16, 2007. She is survived by her three sons, Mark (Sandra), Dale (Nancy), and Tim (Karen), all of Birmingham; and by her six grandchildren, Evan Baggett, Celia Baggett, Taylor Baggett, Alan Baggett, Allison Baggett, and Stephen Baggett, all of Birmingham; and by numerous nieces and nephews and extended family. She was preceded in death by her husband, Hudson Baggett, who died on November 17, 1994. June Baggett was born on June 23, 1927, in Reeltown Alabama, the youngest of eight children, four boys and four girls, of Ceaphus and Donie Stewart, all of whom predeceased her. She married Hudson Baggett on September 7, 1946, and shortly thereafter, graduated from Howard College at its East Lake campus, and the couple moved to Louisville, Kentucky, where Hudson Baggett entered the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. The family also lived in Florence, Alabama, before returning to Birmingham in 1959. She was active in civic causes and also with her alma mater, Samford University, serving on the advisory board of the Howard College of Arts and Sciences, and as a past president of the Samford University Auxiliary. She was a member of Shades Mountain Baptist Church for almost 50 years, where she taught the Joy Sunday School class for 20 years. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, September 18, at the Shades Mountain Baptist Church Worship Center, in Vestavia Hills. A memorial service will follow on the same day at 1:30 p.m., also at the worship center at Shades Mountain, Danny Wood and Charles T. Carter officiating. Burial and graveside service for the family will be held at Currie-Jefferson Funeral Home and Memorial Gardens in Hoover. Pallbearers will be her grandsons, Evan, Taylor, Alan, and Stephen Baggett; and nephews, Jeff Baggett of Atlanta; Brian Slaughter of Wetumpka; and Paul Cabri of Cullman. The family requests that memorial gifts be made to the Hudson D. and June Stewart Baggett Scholarship at Samford University; or to the Samford University Auxiliary Endowed Scholarship (both scholarships at 800 Lakeshore Drive, Birmingham, AL 35229); or to Shades Mountain Baptist Church.