The Meade County Messenger

JOE HAGAN

Joe Hagan, 87, Waverly, died Oct. 17, 2010, at the Methodist Hospital in Henderson.

He was a member of St. Peter’s Church and the Knights of Columbus. He was a U.S. Army veteran, serving as a medic on the USS Comfort during World War II. He also owned and operated Hagan Market in Waverly with his brother, Dude, for 50 years, and was a partner in the Hagan Brothers Farm.

He was a charter member of the Highland Creek Watershed Council, where he served as treasurer.

He was preceded in death by his parents, R.P. and Clara Hagan, a sister, and four brothers.
Mr. Hagan is survived by his wife of 65 years, Juanita Hagan, Waverly; four daughters, Linda (Tony) Cooper, Owensboro, Judy (Ben) Newton, Guston, Becky (Barry) Holt, Sturgis, and Karen Jo (Charlie) Austin, Utica; two sons, Larry (Becky) Hagan, Owensboro, and Randy (Brenda) Hagan, Waverly; a brother, Billy Hagan, Waverly; 11 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Oct. 20 at 10 a.m. at St. Peter’s Catholic Church with Father Freddie Byrd officiating. Friends and family may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Oct. 19 and from 8 a.m. until the time of the funeral Oct. 20, from the chapel of Whitsell Funeral Home, Morganfield. Burial will follow in St. Peter’s Cemetery.

Arrangements were handled by the Whitsell Funeral Home, Morganfield.

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