William Sills Ragan

William Sills Ragan, 78, passed away on January 13, 2025. His memorial service will be at 11 AM on Saturday, January 18, 2025, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Rev. Galen Mirate will officiate. The family will receive friends prior to the service beginning at 10 AM at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Bill was born in Eufaula, AL, on September 23, 1946. His family moved to Albany when he was six months old. Bill graduated from Albany High School in the Class of 1964. As an ROTC Cadet at The Citadel, he attended officer candidate school and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the US Army Reserve. He completed military occupational training at the 5th Armored Brigade, US Army Air Defense School, Fort Bliss, Texas. Bill transferred to Auburn University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Business Administration. He was a member of Theta Chi Fraternity. After being stationed at Ft. Bliss, Texas, he returned to Albany and remained in the Army Ready Reserve until he was discharged as a Captain in 1977. He worked alongside his father at Flint Beverage Co., Inc., from 1971 until his father’s retirement in 1985. He then assumed sole ownership and management of the business until his retirement in 2012. Mr. Ragan was also a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. Bill loved hunting, fishing, and genealogy research and enjoyed his hobby farm in Terrell County. Throughout his life, he loved spending time in Eufaula, AL, with his Ragan-Johnston family, with whom he was very close. Well-respected and kind, he will be dearly missed by his family and friends. Bill was preceded in death by his parents, Charles Ellis Ragan, Jr. and Margie Sills Ragan, and his sister, Caroline “Mici” Ragan Ansell. Bill is survived by his loving wife of 41 years: Kay Griffin Ragan; two sons: William Sills Ragan, Jr. and Griffin Andrew Ragan; brother: Dr. Charles Ellis “Sonny” Ragan, III; nephew: Charles Ellis “El” Ragan, IV; niece: Dr. Deirdre Ragan (Patrick Fillippa); three great nephews, and numerous cousins from Eufaula. Those desiring may send memorials to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital at stjude.org.

William Sills Ragan

September 23, 1946 - January 13, 2025