Caitlyn Michelle Baggs, age 20 months, Lamar, passed away at 1:15 a.m. Sunday, March 23, 2003, in the fire that destroyed the family home.
Caitlyn was born July 16, 2001, in Joplin, to John N. and Melissa R. (Wood) Baggs and had lived in Barton County all of her life.
Caitlyn is survived by two brothers and two sisters - Donovan Wood, Michael Baggs, Kirsten Wood and Alexandria Baggs - all of the home; her paternal grandmother, Rella Baggs - Lamar; paternal great-grandmother, Margie Baggs - Lamar; paternal great-grandfather, Gilbert Parsons, Hutchinson, KS; maternal grandparents, Lloyd and Juanita Wood - Moundville and Carla Brown - El Dorado Springs; maternal great-grandmother, Bonnie Longstreth - Moundville and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.
A memorial service for John, Melissa and Caitlyn will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 27, at the Lamar Church of the Nazarene with Pastor Jeff Patton officiating.
Contributions in memory of the Baggs family may be sent to Daniel Funeral Home, 1201 Broadway, Lamar, MO 64759.