Ruth Cornelia

Hagans

Ruth Cornelia Hagans, age 87, passed away on Thursday, November 12, 2026. She was born in Marietta, Georgia on April 1, 1939 to the late James Earl Burtz and Ola Idell Davis Burtz. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Edward Dee Hagans, her sons, James Edward Hagans and John David Hagans, sisters, Louise Mamie Troutman, Virginia Carroll and Omie Beam, her brothers, Vernon David Burtz and Clarence Anderson Burtz. 

Survivors include her daughter, Julie Marie Hagans Smith and her son, Terry Hagans; her sisters, Alice Marie Kanatzer and Billie Beam; six grandchildren and a number of great-grandchildren.

Graveside services will be held on Tuesday, November 17, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. from Paulding Memorial Gardens in Hiram, Georgia.

Bellamy Funeral Home in honored to serve the family of Ruth Hagans.