Charles Malcolm Bagwell, 87, of Brunswick and Suches, Georgia, died Sept. 18, 2021.
He was born May 25, 1934, in Lawrenceville, Georgia, to the late John Daniel Bagwell and Julia Ellen Morcock. Charles served in the U.S. Army, 101st Division in the 1950s, and graduated with a degree in civil engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1959.
He married Susan Brender-Bagwell, now deceased, in 1964, and for many years he worked for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Atlanta. Charles finished his career at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and retired from construction and engineering in 1988.
Charles Bagwell was a pen and ink artist, a gardener, and a genealogist. He was a member of the Coastal Georgia Genealogical Society and the Friends of the Brunswick-Glynn County Library.
Survivors include a daughter, Jennifer Bagwell-Harvey (husband, Connor Schofield) of Savannah; a son, Tyler E. Bagwell (wife, Julie) of Brunswick; and three grandchildren, Isabel Harvey, Oliver Bagwell, and Gavin Bagwell. He is also survived by a brother, C. Blue Bagwell; and sister, Mary Ballard, both of Lawrenceville, Georgia, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
A private memorial service will be held in Suches, Georgia, at a later date.
Donations in his memory may be made to the Gwinnett Historical Society, P.O. Box 261, Lawrenceville, GA, 30046.