Joseph Burroughs Hogan Jr. CLU, ChFC

He was born on July 21, 1942 in Hamlet, North Carolina to Joseph and Elizabeth (Dickinson) Hogan. Joe served his country proudly as a member of the United States Army and after his service began a long career in the insurance industry with New York Life.

His career with New York Life began in 1968 in the Raleigh general office. He was a leading agent for two years and assistant manager for three years. in April of 1974 he was appointed general manager in Wheeling, West Virginia. He was then appointed general manager in Charleston, South Carolina in 1977, where he served until 1986. Both offices experienced tremendous growth during this time. in 1986 Joe was asked to head the Charlotte General Office, which had qualified for the Master Agency Builder award for the past 10 years of Joe’s service and has consistently been in New York Life's top 10 in total first year commissions and recruiting. in 1995 Charlotte finished the year with 90 agents and $3.9 million of first year commissions, 35 million dollar round table agents and 100% N.A.L.U. participation. Under Joe’s leadership, Charlotte was the sixth largest New York Life office - with his goal to be #1 by the year 2000.

Joe has had some other interesting and unique assignments with New York Life in addition to his management duties. He was vice president of NYLARC - now the largest agent owned reinsurance company in the industry, a member of the National Compliance Board, he was one of only two managers in the history of New York Life to serve on the Agents Advisory Committee and the only manager on the "Agent Technology Project".

Joe retired at 51 and moved to Hammock Dunes where he made his home with many friends. He loved his time here, walking on the beach and enjoying his hobbies which included golf, racquetball and riding his Harley Davidson.

Joe was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Carol Hogan. He is survived by his sons Chip Hogan & his wife, Heidi and Ben Hogan & his wife, Heather; a daughter, Dina Mueller; grandchildren JJ Mueller, Alex Hogan, Zack Hogan, Jacob Hogan, Grace Hogan, Bella Hogan, Gabby Hogan & CJ Hogan.

A Celebration of Joe’s Life was held on Friday in Palm Coast, Florida. A celebration of his life will be held in Charlotte on Saturday, Oct. 31st at 11:00 am at McEwen Funeral Service - Pineville Chapel, 10500 Park Road. His famlly will receive friends for one hour prior to the service.Joe will then be laid to rest with military honors next to his wife, Carol at Forest Lawn East Cemetery in Matthews, North Carolina.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations be made in Joe’s name to the American Cancer Society, at cancer.org/donate or to donate by phone, call 1-800-227-2345 or to donate by mail, simply download the form, print it, and mail the completed donor form with your check to this address: American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 6704, Hagerstown, MD 21741.