A Home Going Celebration 
For 
Dea. William Hagan, Sr. 
Saturday, March 18, 2006 
3:00P.M. 
Historic Mt. Pleasant Missionaiy 
Baptist Church 
Claxton, Georgia 
Rev. Dr. L. Periy McNeal, Officiating 
Interment: 
Mt. Pleasant Cemeteiy 
Claxton, Georgia 
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Prelude 
Processional (Final Viewing).............Ministers and Family 
H^min....................................Amazing Grace 
Pr^er of Comfort.........................Rev. johnny Levant 
Scripture Reading........................Rev. E.). Tomlinson 
Hymn.......................Must jesus Bear The Cross Alone 
Obituary (Read Silentjy To Soft Music) 
Acknowledgments................Staff of Harpers Funeral Home 
Remarks: (Three Minute Time Limit, Please) 
Dea. Richard fohnson 
Family and Friends 
A Grandchilds Tribute...............Mr. Kelsie). Hagan, )r. 
Eulogy...................................Dr. L. Peny McNeal 
Hymn.....................................Blessed Assurance 
Recessional 
Interment: 
Historic Mt. Pleasant Cemeteiy 
Claxton, Georgia 
The family will receive friends and share repast in the 
Fellowship of Historic Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church 
immediately following the committal service. 
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A husband and fathers life of love, caring, and devotion 
came to a close on Saturday night, March 11,2006 at 11:50P.M. 
at Claxton Nursing Home when Mr. William Henry Hagan. Sr., age 82 
of Claxton, Georgia, answered the Masters call and left silently with 
an angel of God to live in that land not built with hands, but whose 
maker and builder is God. 
Son of the late Mr. Peter Hagan and the late Mrs. Maggie 
Bacon Hagan, he was born on October 21,1923 in Evans County, 
Georgia. He was the eighth of fourteen children. Five sisters and 
two brothers preceded him in death. 
He was educated in the public school system of Evans 
County. He accepted Christ into his life at an early age and joined 
Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, where he attended faithfully until he 
was called away to fight for his country. He was drafted into the 
U.S. Navy during World War II in 1942, achieving the rank of petty 
officer, and serving as a ship steward to the captain of the U.S.S. 
WASP until 1945. Upon his return to the United States, he studied 
architecture at Savannah State University. 
On May 10,1958, he was united in Holy Matrimony to 
Miss Martha Louise Freeman, and to this union two sons were born, 
Kelsie and Kenn. He joined Good Hope Baptist Church in 1959 and 
was ordained as a Deacon in 1960. He also served as a leader in 
the community as a Civil Rights Activist and as a Scout Master for 
the Boy Scouts of America from 1968 until 1980. He was honored 
as Scout Master of the Year in 1975. After moving his family to 
Miami, Florida in 1972, he served as a Deacon and a Sunday 
School Teacher for twenty-eight years at Mt. Sinai Baptist Church in 
Miami, Florida. He worked diligently as a general contractor in 
South Florida until 2001, when he moved back home to live in Clax- 
ton, Georgia. 
Left to cherish many fond memories are: his loving wife, 
Mrs. Martha Hagan of Claxton, Georgia; three sons and two daugh- 
ters-in-law: Mr. & Mrs. William (Maryann) Hagan of Tennessee, Mr. 
& Mrs. Kelsie (Sylvia) Hagan, Sr. of Spartanburg, South Carolina, 
and Mr. Kenn Hagan of Claxton, Georgia; five grandchildren: Cidelia 
Hagan, William Hagan, III, LaNise Hagan, Kelsie Hagan, Jr. and 
Chelsie Hagan; one great-grandchild. Carmen Hagan; one brother, 
Mr. Booker T. Hagan of Claxton, Georgia; three sisters: Mrs. Carrie 
Clark and Mrs. Viola Oglesby, both of Claxton, Georgia, and Mrs. 
Minnie Bryant of Savannah, Georgia; and a host of loving and caring 
nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends. 
^ H Z w S O O w r ^ O Z n > "  W H C3 tfl  H ^ 
A man with a heart of gold, thats what you were. 
God put enough love In your heart to last your lifetime. 
You selflessly gave your time, your wisdom and knowledge. 
Sometimes even the last dollar in your pocket. 
But most of all, from that heart of gold. 
You gave love'^unconditionally. 
You loved your family, your friends, and even your enemies. 
You represented God with that love. 
You were devoted and patient, you served him with honor. 
You were the richest man I have ever known. 
Your wealth was your heart of gold. 
Your daughter-in-law, 
Sylvia Hagan 
Deacons of Historic Mt. Pleasant Missionaiy Baptist Church 
The family of the iate Dea. William Hagan vwshes to extend their 
deepest appreciation for all acts of kindness and sympathjr that have 
been shown to them during this most difficult time. There are no 
words sufficient to express their gratitude and they pr^ that God will 
continue to watch over and bless each of you. 
May the work Ive done speak for me. 
May the life Ive lived speak for me. 
When Im resting in my grave 
There nothing to be said... 
M^ the work Ive done speak for me. 
 
Nephews 
Nieces 
 
# H  ta D H W " >! u Z O ^ J W Q O S W Z H ^ 
Harpers Funeral Home 
125 North Broad Street 
Claxton, Georgia 30417 
(912) 739-2658 
Juanita B. Hodges, 
Owner 
Percy Hodges 
Mortician 
Ylonne Hodges 
Mortician 
Yvonne Hodges 
Manager 
Jerry Gibson 
Mortician