HENDERSON, Nev. — Dr. Armand Joseph “Joe” Gagne Jr., 77, husband of Patricia Gagne, died Monday evening, March 3, 2014, at St. Rose Siena Hospital in Henderson, Nev.
Born in Lowell, Mass., he was a son of the late Lillian J. Meckes and Armand Joseph Gagne Sr. Dr. Gagne retired from the University of South Carolina Sumter after more than 20 years of teaching in the business, economics, religion and information systems fields. He served in the U.S. Navy, pastored in the Southern Baptist and Presbyterian faiths, and traveled to South America on several missionary trips.
He was most recently a member of Christ Fellowship Church of West Palm Beach, Fla.
Survivors besides his wife of Henderson include six daughters, Debbie (Ray) McBride of Irmo, Denise (the late Robin) Stamps of West Columbia, Dellanie (Billy) Austin of Simpsonville, Dana (Cliff) Turner of Elgin, Donna (Chris) Hickman and Chloe Ward, both of Sumter; athree sons, Armand J. Gagne III of Loxahatchee, Fla., Charles (the late Sherry Holiday) Kenneth of Inman and Joseph E. Ward of Sumter; nine grandchildren, Charles (Keri Blackwood) Gagne of Birmingham, Ala., Ariel Gagne of Inman, Tyler Smith of Orlando, Fla., Taylor Smith of Clemson, William Austin IV of Simpsonville, Rebecca Jo Gagne of Loxahatchee, Shana Marie Turner of Elgin, and Hunter Rorrick and Alex Hickman, both of Sumter.
The family will hold a private memorial service in Columbia at a later date.
Caughman-Harman Funeral Home, Irmo/St. Andrews Chapel, is assisting the family with arrangements
