Services for Archie Hagan, 77, of Vidalia, LA will be held May 12, 2015 at 11:00am from Zion Baptist Church, 601 North Magnolia Street in Vidalia. Burial will follow at the Natchez National Cemetery with military honors in Natchez, MS with Brother Wendell Greene, Sr. officiating.
Mr. Hagan, youngest child of Joe and Maggie Brown Hagan was born in Vidalia and died at his residence following a long illness. He was a member of Zion Baptist Church where he sang in the church choir; graduate of Concordia Parish Training School, class of 1955 - Vidalia; graduate of Southern University, class of 1965 - Baton Rouge, LA; served his country in the United States Army from 1961 o 1963 earning an honorable discharge; and was a retired school teacher with the Concordia Parish School System with over twenty years of service.
He is survived by a sister, Mathiel Hagan Tucker of Yuba City, CA; sister-in-law, Jennie T. Hagan; a devoted cousin, Leonard Brown; a devoted friend and neighbor, Leatrice Smith Dickens all of Vidalia.
Also a host of nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great nephews, cousins and other relatives, friends and former students.
Mr. Hagan is preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, Joe Hagan, Jr., Leonard Hagan and Ernest Hagan; one sister, Irma Hagan Allen; a nephew, Jonathan Allen; a niece, Ernestine Hagan Primas.