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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