Willie Hagwood

Graveside services for Willie Howard Hagwood will be held Friday, April 13, at 11:00 a. m. at Causeyville Baptist Church Cemetery with his grandson Rev. Ryan Culpepper officiating.
Mr. Hagwood, 95, of Causeyville, died Monday, April 9, in York, Alabama. He was born on August 30, 1922, in Petal, Mississippi, the last of four children born to Forrest County Deputy Sheriff Howard Lee Hagwood and his wife Dona Doree Smith Hagwood.
After his father was killed in the line of duty in 1927, Mr. Hagwood moved with his mother to Causeyville and grew up on his paternal grandfather's farm during the Great Depression. He was baptized at Hebron Baptist Church in 1935 and graduated from Vimville High School in 1942. He enlisted in the U. S. Navy upon graduation and served his country honorably during World War II.
Mr. Hagwood attended Mississippi State College (MSU) on the G. I. Bill and graduated in 1949. He worked as a teacher at Beat Four High School (Clarke County) until 1957 and with the Mississippi Department of Human Services until his retirement in 1984. He was a farmer, an avid outdoorsman, and a strong supporter of education. He loved his family and friends dearly.
Mr. Hagwood was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Birdie Dee Hagwood and Susie Mae Hagwood Swain; a brother, Jack Percy Hagwood; and by his devoted wife of sixty years Virginia Eloise Martin Hagwood.
Survivors include his three children Virginia Etheridge (Larry), Judy Culpepper (Jimmy), and Howard Hagwood (Linda). Additional survivors include his seven grandchildren: Col. Rob Culpepper USAF (Angela), Rev. Ryan Culpepper (Katie), Jay Etheridge (Elyse), Joey Etheridge (Brandi), LeAnn Oliver (Michael), Kara Skinner (Jonathan), and Jon Hagwood (Samantha); and fourteen great-grandchildren: Caitlin, Megan, Savannah, Macy, Sarah Kate, Jodi, Lauren, Rylee, Mallory, Jon Alex, Jaylin, Zoey, Ryder, and Lana.
The family requests that memorials be made to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, 901 E Street, NW, Suite 100, Washington, DC 20004-2025 (info@nleomf.org).
Pallbearers will be his grandsons. Visitation will be held an hour prior to graveside services at Causeyville Baptist Church.
Family and friends may sign the online memorial, leave a note for the family or order flowers at jamesfwebb.com

Visitation

Causeyville Baptist Church
6192 Causeyville Clarke Road
Meridian, MS  39301
Friday, April 13, 2018
10:00 to 11:00am

Service

Graveside

Causeyville Baptist Church Cemetery
6192 Causeyville Clarke Road
Meridian, MS  39301
Friday, April 13, 2018
11:00am

Cemetery

Causeyville Baptist Church Cemetery
6192 Causeyville Clarke Road
Causeyville, MS  39301

Memorial Contributions

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund
901 E Street Street NW Suite 100
Washington DC,   20004