TSGT William Ernest Hagans

Funeral services for TSGT William Ernest Hagans, 76, will be held on Friday, July 17, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. at Gateway Church, 8925 Youree Dr. in Shreveport. A visitation will be held on Thursday, July 16, 2026 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Rose-Neath Funeral Home, 2500 Southside Dr. in Shreveport. Officiating the service will be Pastor Scott Holmes. Burial will take place on Wednesday, July 22, 2026 at 12:30 p.m. at the Northwest Louisiana Veterans Cemetery, 7970 Mike Clark Rd. in Keithville, Louisiana.

Ernie was born on December 22, 1949 in Panama City, Florida to Ernest Hagans and Catherine Lucille Hagans, and passed away on Wednesday, July 8, 2026 in Shreveport following a brief illness.

Ernie called Shreveport home and worked in manufacturing following his time in the United States Air Force. As a Vietnam veteran, he was proud of his service.

He was a loving husband to the late Dolly Hagans. He was the father of three wonderful children: Cory Hagans and wife, Jessica, Carl Hagans and wife, Kim, and Casey Hagans and fiancé, Cesar Fuentes. He was also a loving grandfather to his grandchildren, Tara Hagans, Olivia Hagans, Noah Wood, Emerson Hagans, Cameron Hagans, Asher Hagans, William Hagans, Elizabeth Kennedy, and Alanna Kennedy; and a loving brother to his sister, Cathy Hagans.

Ernie was preceded in death by his parents, Ernest and Catherine Hagans; and wife, Dolly Hagans. 

Honoring Ernie as pallbearers will be Brad King, Kristian Gates, Cap Haney, Tim Karbowski, DuWayne O' Neill, Ray Gomez, Paul Weaver, and Tommy King. 

Ernie will be terribly missed, but we are comforted in knowing he is together again with the love of his life, his wife, Dolly Hagans.