Mickey (McGuire) Hagaman

Mrs. Mickey McGuire Hagaman, 99, of Oak Street, Boone, passed away Saturday evening, May 31, 2025, at the home of a daughter.  Born Cora Lois McGuire on September 16, 1925 in Watauga County, she was a daughter of Thomas John and Bessie Brown McGuire, the youngest of five children.  Mickey has been a member of the First Baptist Church of Boone since 1947 where she taught Sunday school classes and was a devoted member of her Sunday school class.  During WWII, she left home to work as a civilian in an armament factory.  After returning home, she was voted the first Centennial Queen in Watauga County.  She began her working career at Boone Drug and King Street Pharmacy while raising her family and before becoming a stay at home ‘Mom’.  While at home she was a seamstress, made dresses and did alterations.  Later she opened the ‘La Glacier’ ice cream parlor where people enjoyed her homemade soups, chili, assorted ice creams and various sandwiches.  Mickey was always busy in her kitchen baking hundreds of loaves of sour dough breads and sugar cookies, most shared with friends and family. On most Fridays the Hagaman home was filled with family including grandchildren and the sweet aroma of fresh baked treats, and a warm fire in the wood stove. She was a devoted Duke fan.  These are just a few of our wonderful memories of Mom.

Mickey is survived by her children, Cathy Underwood and husband, Philip, Tim Hagaman and wife, Pam, and Rosemary Virginia and husband, Jeff, all of Boone; and grandchildren, Paul Hagaman and wife Taylor, Asa and Emmy Hagaman, and Andy Virginia and fiancé, Lana.  Several nieces, nephews and cousins also survive.  In addition to her parents, she was preceded by her husband of 66 years, Von Hagaman and two brothers and two sisters.

Funeral Services for Mickey will be conducted Thursday afternoon, June 5, 2025, at 2 o’clock at the First Baptist Church, officiated by Rev. Gerald Hodges and Rev. Billy Norris.  The family will receive friends from 1 until 2 o’clock, prior to services, at the church.   A private family graveside service will be at Mount Lawn Memorial Park.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to the Mount Lawn Cemetery Association, Inc., Post Office Box 1787, Boone, NC 28607 or to Amorem Hospice, 902 Kirkwood Street NW, Lenoir, NC 28645. 

The family may be contacted at the home of Rosemary and Jeff Virginia, 156 Moonstruck Lane, Boone.

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Austin & Barnes Funeral Home and Crematory is serving the Hagaman family.

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