Mrs. Jess Wilcoxon Passes

July/07/2005 15:13 Filed in: Passages
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Hagan Young Wilcoxson, age 86, died July 5, 2005, at Chester County Healthcare.

She was born and reared in Florence, Alabama, the daughter of the late John Emmett and Martha Whyte Young. She attended Coffee High School in Florence, and also attended Freed-Hardeman University. In 1938 she was married to Jess M. Wilcoxson. They lived in Florence, AL from 1936 until 1944. She worked at A. B. Hill Grocery while Bro. Jess served in WWII. They lived in Americus, GA, Macon, GA, Henderson, TN and Texarkana, TX where Bro. Jess was minister for the Churches of Christ. They returned to Henderson in 1961 and she began her work with Freed-Hardeman University as manager of the Freed-Hardeman University Bookstore. She retired in 1988. They lived two years in Florence, AL, where they were associated with Mars Hill Bible School. They returned to Henderson in 1990.

She was a lifetime member of the Freed-Hardeman Associates and a member of the Henderson Church of Christ. She was a Sunday School teacher in the Churches of Christ in all the places Bro. Jess served as minister.

She is survived by two daughters, Fran Davis of Henderson and Jane Maness of Germantown; four grandchildren, Kathy Davis Sisco, Susan Camille Music, Cameron Jess Maness and Camille Maness Brewington; eight great-grandchildren, Emily Sisco, Katie Sisco, Clayton Music, Jess Music, Paul Music, Elizabeth Music, Olivia Frances Maness and Sabrina Rose Brewington and a brother, Gene Young of Florence, AL.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Jess M. Wilcoxson in January 2002.

Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Friday at the Henderson Church of Christ with Bro. Ben Flatt, Dr. Claude Gardner, Dr. Milton Sewell, Dr. Milton Tucker and Dr. J. Walker Whittle officiating and burial will follow in the Henderson City Cemetery.

The family will receive friends at Casey Funeral Home after 5:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Memorials may be made to the Jess & Hagan Wilcoxson Scholarship Fund at Freed-Hardeman University in Henderson.

Casey Funeral Home Henderson, TN 731-989-2421
As reported in The Jackson Sun on 07/07/2005