More detail on this person: Lt. Col. Robert D.
Hagee U.S. Army (Ret.) LEXINGTON Funeral
service for Robert Dale Hagee, 78, will be held at
11:00 a.m. Monday, December 16, 2013, at
Nazareth Lutheran Church, 1800 Nazareth Road,
Lexington, SC 29073, Pastor Michael Watson
officiating. Interment will be held at 1:00 p.m.
in Fort Jackson National Cemetery. The family will
receive friends from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, December 15, 2013, at Caughman-Harman
Funeral Home, Lexington Chapel. Mr. Hagee was
born February 10, 1935, in Mooresville, IN, and
passed away on Thursday, December 12, 2013. He
was a son of the late Dale Hagee and Audrey
Rariden Hagee. Mr. Hagee was a member of
Nazareth Lutheran Church. He retired as a
lieutenant colonel from the Transportation Corps
of the United States Army in 1978, having served
two tours of duty in Vietnam as a helicopter
pilot. While in service, among many
commendations, he was awarded the Purple Heart,
the Air Medal, the Bronze Star, the Meritorious
Service Medal, the Joint Service Commendation
Medal, the Army Commendation Medal and the
Legion of Merit. After retiring from the Army, he
was employed by Aeromaritime International as
manager for port operations in Lagos, Nigeria. He
returned to the states and became a resident of
Lexington, SC, then returned to work for
Aeromaritime as managing director for operations
in Valetta, Malta. In 1980 he returned to
Lexington and was employed by both Brutus and
Sunbird boat companies as plant manager and
human resources manager respectively. He also
taught on a part-time basis at Midlands Technical
College. Bob, while still able to attend, never
missed a soccer, baseball, softball or basketball
game, swimming or gymnastics meet, dance,
chorus or orchestra recital in which his children
or grandchildren participated. He loved to play
golf and was an avid USC Gamecock fan. He was a
friend to all and was always the first there to
lend a helping hand. Surviving are his wife, Anne
Hagee; daughters, Cheryl (Steve) Hughes and
Susan (Brad) McFarland; grandchildren, Jessica
and Christopher Hughes, Madison and Olivia
McFarland; brother, Charles R. (Barbara) Hagee of
San Diego, CA; sister, Julia (Joe) Lansberry of
Plainfield, IN; and numerous nieces and nephews.
The family would like to extend a special thank
you to the caring staff at his recent home,
Carroll Campbell Place of Lexington and Tri-County
Hospice. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made
to Nazareth Lutheran Church, the Alzheimer's
Association , 3223 Sunset Blvd., Suite 100, West
Columbia, SC 29169 or to the Michael J. Fox
Foundation for Parkinson's Research, Grand Central
Station, P.O. Box 4777, New York, NY 10163-4777.
www.caughmanharmanfuneralhome.net
Published in The State on Dec. 14, 2013
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