Dewey Hagar

GREENWOOD, Miss. -- Dewey Chester Hagar, 93, of Greenwood, formerly of Morley, Missouri, died Friday, March 20, 2020, at Riverview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Greenwood.

He was born to Thomas Newton and Lydia Davidson Hagar on Dec. 9, 1926. He married Sadie Goff in May 1950.

Dewey was a lifelong farmer and was a member of the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He grew up near Doniphan, Missouri, and moved to Morley in 1944. He was ordained as a deacon in the Baptist faith in Benton, Missouri, then later served as a deacon at Edwards Baptist Church in Mississippi.

He and Sadie had two sons, Richard Dewey (Mona) Hagar of Hollandale, Mississippi, and Randall Thomas (Vicky) Hagar of Wake Village, Texas; grandchildren, Josh, Matthew and Rachel Hagar; and a host of family and friends. Dewey was very proud of his sons and daughters-in-law and prized his grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents; sisters, Ethel Dalton, Annabel Hagar, Lola Mae Holland and Gene Holland; and brothers, Raymond, Roy and Kenneth Hagar.

Private services, with full military honors, were held at Forest Hills Memorial Gardens in Morley.

Online condolence may be shared at www.amick-burnettfuneralchapels.com.

Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Benton was in charge of arrangements.