Tillie B. Hagler

TILLIE BELL HAGLER, entered this life on June 17, 1915 in Lynchburg, South Carolina. She was the youngest daughter of Burl and Bertha McIntosh. The family moved to Baltimore around 1922 and began life in the city. Tillie attended public schools in Baltimore, and later studied cosmetology. Leaving school she worked for some time as a cosmetologist; then at the Lord and Lady Baltimore Luggage Company; before going to work for Amos Myers, Attorney at Law. In her capacity with the law firm she did outreach into the community, often pursuing and vetting personal injury cases. She was a great success in the capacity and it had to do with her friendships with people and her wealth of knowledge about the City of Baltimore. In this capacity, she maintained one of the largest rolodexes in Baltimore. Tillie and Nathaniel went into business together after the 1968 riots becoming grocers and operating a store in the neighborhood where they had purchased their first house. Later they would purchase a larger store and operated that business which was located on the corner of Edmondson Avenue and Payson Street. They then bought and began operating a larger market in the historic Belair Market. Unfortunately that business failed due to Baltimore's Failed urban renewal and revitalization plans. Tillie was a person that grew up in Baltimore and loved the city. She knew of people from various phases of her life and she kept committed and rich friendships all along the way. As a young person she was known for her strength and athletic ability. She ran track in school of which she excelled in the high jump. She was invited to compete in the Penn races, but had to decline because her mother did not want her to go. Tillie Bell Hagler grew up in a close knit family where for a great part of her life, her Mother, Bertha McIntosh was the family's matriarch and her children and their children would gravitate towards the matriarchal home after work and before going home at the end of the day. The families would always assemble in the matriarchal home during the holidays. Tillie's father, Burl passed in 1920, and her mother, Bertha in 1972. Tillie loved her three children, Barbara Ernestine Mettle (Williams) from a previous marriage to Ernest Harris that ended in divorce in 1938; Dr. Nathaniel George, III (Royace) and Rev. Graylan Scott Hagler from her 71 year union with Nathaniel George Hagler, Jr. she preferred to call Nathaniel “George” who she met during World War II and as George reflected in addition to 71 years of marrige there were 2 years of courtship meaning that they have been together for 73 years. When Tillie Bell Hagler closed her earthly eyes on September 27, 2016 it was the ending of a sojourn lasting 101 years and the beginning of a journey into the Lord's rest. She will now be reunited with her mother and father; her brothers and sisters, Curtis, Susie, Bertha (Syd), and Burl who have all predeceased. She will be united with of the ancestors, and yet all who rermain in life will continue for the rest of our earthy days to be influenced by the living and life of Tillie Bell Hagler.

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Tillie B. Hagler

June 17, 1915 - September 27, 2016