Ernest Hoagland Jr

Ernest Hoagland Jr., 89 of Owensboro, Ky. passed from this life peacefully on Saturday, June 13, 2015 at his daughters home in Big Sandy, Tenn.  He was born in Daviess County, Ky. on May 31, 1926 to the late Ernest and Bertha Hoagland.  He was a watch maker for over fifty years and worked his last twenty years at NTA Custom Jewelers.   Ernie was a member of Walnut Memorial Baptist Church and was a ordained deacon for over fifty years.  He volunteered at the River Park Center and enjoyed visiting at the hospital for the church and visiting the home bound.   He was a WWII veteran of the US Navy and was Gunner Mate Third Class.  He was preceded in death by his wife of 56 years, Betty Joan Hoagland on October 7, 2005, and his second wife of 6 years, Virginia Wahl Hoagland on June 25, 2014.

He is survived by a daughter, Debbie Morgan and her husband Dale of Big Sandy, TN.; two grandchildren, Tim Holler (Samantha) and Megan Holler; one great grandchild, Avery Lauren; two step grandchildren, Allen Morgan and Stanley Morgan (Sandy); and two sisters, Grace Norris of Owensboro, and Elizabeth Lancaster of Richmond, VA.

Services will be at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 16, 2015, at James H. Davis Funeral Home in Owensboro Kentucky.  Entombment  will follow in Owensboro Memorial Gardens Cemetery.  Visitation will be from 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. on Monday and after 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday until service time at James H Davis Funeral Home.

Expressions of sympathy may take the form of donations to Henry County Medical Center Hospice, 311 E Wood Street, Paris TN. 38242.

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