E.L. Haag Jr.

CALLISBURG - Our beloved "Grand Doc" as he was affectionately called by his family passed away and entered the Lord's Kingdom in the early morning of May 2, 2008 at his daughter's house in Abilene.
Dr. E. L. Haag, Jr. was born July 11, 1920 to Edna Earl (Collins) Haag and Edmund Lee Haag, Sr. in Big Spring.
He attended Abilene Public Schools and graduated from Abilene High School in 1937. He graduated from Abilene Christian College in 1941 with a degree in Chemistry. Upon graduation he entered Baylor Medical School in Dallas which later became Southwestern University.
On June 19, 1943 he married Frances Lee Russom of Sherman, Texas.
He graduated from Medical School in 1944 and served his internship at Parkland Hospital in Dallas. After completion of his internship, he entered the military and served in the Medical Corps of the Army during the occupation of Japan.
He began his long and successful medical career as a family practitioner in Hamlin and Freer, Texas. He later became a radiologist and practiced in Abilene and Gainesville, Texas. He retired from medicine in 1989.
Dr. Haag also served as an Elder at his church in Callisburg. The family requests that memorials be made to The Christian Service Center, 901 Mesquite Street, Abilene, TX 79601 and Medina Children's Home at 21300 State Hwy. 16 N, Medina, TX 78055-3808.
Survivors are his wife of 64 years, Frances, and children Edmund Lee Haag, III and wife Martha Mahon Haag of the Woodlands, Debbie Haag of Midlothian, Harriett Haag of Abilene; grandchildren, Scott and Leigh Ann Vadala, Samuel Price Haag and Megan Mahon Haag, Anna Lee Haag and Lezlei Ruth Haag and other family.
Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. on Monday, May 5, 2008 at Callisburg Church of Christ, with burial to follow at Akers Cemetery.
The family wishes to extend a special thank you to Hendricks Hospice and Homestead in Abilene for their compassion and professional care during his illness.
To sign the online registry, go to www.meadorfuneralhome.com.