Thomas Owen Bagley, 94, of Fayetteville, Tennessee passed away April 12, 2024, at NHS Maury Regional in Columbia, Tennessee.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 16, 2024, at Fayetteville First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Bruce McVey officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery.

Tom was born Nov.16, 1929, in Fayetteville, Tennessee, to the late Charles Frank and Jimmie Margaret Higgins Bagley. He served in the US Naval Reserves and obtained both his bachelor’s degree and then his doctorate in jurisprudence from Washington and Lee University. In 1953 he returned home to Fayetteville and entered into private practice with Robert W. Stevens and was part of the firm Stevens, Bagley and Stevens until his retirement in 2002. Mr. Bagley served as Fayetteville city attorney for more than 41 years, as judge of Fayetteville’s Municipal Court and as a member and fellow of the Tennessee Bar Association, Fayetteville-Lincoln County Bar Association, numerous boards and committees over the years on both the local and state level.

Mr. Bagley was a lifelong member of the Fayetteville First Presbyterian Church and served as deacon, elder, and trustee of the church. He loved his community and took pride in serving his fellow man.

Survivors include his beloved wife, Peggy Moyers Bagley; son, Tom Bagley Jr. and his wife Lynn; daughter, Lee Ann Dawkins and her husband Harold; grandchildren, Katy (Matt) Barrett, Owen (Lauren) Bagley, William (Rebecca) Bagley, Lauren (Erick) Navarrete, Shane (Cortney) Dawkins, Lauren (Joey) Northern; great-grandchildren, Brooklyn Dawkins, Taylor Dawkins, Hadley Northern, Lyla Northern, Bea Barrett, Tommy Bagley, Jake Barrett, Renna Bagley, Annie Bagley, Scout Navarrete; and many extended family members. In addition to his parents, Mr. Bagley was preceded in death by his brothers, Charles Bagley, and Joe Bagley.

Memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church of Fayetteville, P. O. Box 472, Fayetteville, TN 37334.

Higgins Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Thomas Owen Bagley.