Mrs. Pearl Jean Hagel, age 92, of West Jefferson, died Thursday evening, September 9, 2009 at Segraves Nursing Care Center. A memorial service will be held on Monday, September 14, 2009 at 4:00 pm at Bethany United Methodist Church with Rev. A. Owen Peeler and Rev. Lewis Poag. The family will receive friends from 6:00-8:00pm on Sunday, September 13, 2009 at Boone Family Funeral Home. Mrs. Hagel was born in Klamath Falls, Oregon on Wednesday, September 13, 1916 to the late Arthur Rockwell Wilson and Roxana Mersylvia Powelson Wilson. She was an active member of Bethany United Methodist Church, which was an important part of her life and the example she led for her children. She was preceded in death by her husband, Carl Hagel. She is survived by two sons, Mark Hagel and wife, Lu, of West Jefferson and Greg Hagel of New Mexico; a daughter, Jennifer Judson and husband, Jim, of West Jefferson; a daughter-in-law, Frances Hagel, of New Mexico; five grandchildren, Heather Judson, Laura Shepherd and husband, Philip, Aaron Tyler Hagel, Hillary Judson Carson and husband, Brian and Lindsey Hagel; two great-grandchildren, Madison Hagel and Morgan Hagel; a niece and a nephew also survive. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to: Bethany Methodist Church Music Ministries, 495 Hwy. 194 South, West Jefferson, NC 28694 or to a charity of the donor's choice.