Hodge, Bessie Faye   	

GLADEWATER - Services for Bessie Faye Hodge, 72, of Gladewater, will be 10 
a.m. Tuesday, April 3, 2007, at Grace Baptist Church with the Rev. Ernest 
Hodge officiating. Burial will be in Bear Creek Cemetery in Cass County. 
Arrangements are by Croley Funeral Home in Gladewater.

Born August 24, 1934, in Ellington, Missouri, she entered into eternal rest 
on Sunday, April 1, 2007, surrounded by her husband and three children. She 
was a homemaker and a member of Grace Baptist Church.

She is survived by her husband, the Rev. Ernest Hodge of Gladewater; two 
daughters and sons-in-law, Belinda and Jerry Weatherall of White Oak; 
Sharon and John Rigsby of Midlothian; one son, John Ernest Hodge of 
Gladewater; four grandchildren, Sean Butler, Adrian Butler, Laci Kirk and 
Jeremy Rigsby; one great-grandson, Zachary Butler; one great-granddaughter, 
Aubrey Kirk; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Elmer and Pearl Agatha Byrd; three 
brothers; and three sisters.

Pallbearers will be Jeremy Rigsby, Sean Butler, Adrian Butler, Charles Reel, 
Gary Collinsworth and Paul Hudson.

Honorary pallbearers will be the men of Grace Baptist Church.

The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. today, April 2, 2007, at Croley 
Funeral Home in Gladewater.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 4/2/2007.

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Hodge, Bessie Faye   	

GLADEWATER - Services for Bessie Faye Hodge, 72, of Gladewater, will be at 10 
a.m. today, April 3, 2007, at Grace Baptist Church,with the Reverend Ernest 
Hodge leading services and the Reverend Rick Ingle and the Reverend R.T. 
Brundige assisting. Burial will be in Bear Creek Cemetery of Cass County. 
Arrangements are by Croley Funeral Home in Gladewater.

Born August 24, 1934, in Ellington, Missouri, she entered into eternal rest on 
Sunday, April 1, 2007, surrounded by her husband and three children. She was a 
homemaker and a member of Grace Baptist Church.

She is survived by her husband, the Rev. Ernest Hodge of Gladewater; two 
daughters and sons-in-law, Belinda and Jerry Weatherall of White Oak, and 
Sharon and John Rigsby of Midlothian; one son, John Ernest Hodge of Gladewater; 
four grandchildren, Sean Butler, Adrian Butler, Laci Kirk and Jeremy Rigsby; 
one great-grandson, Zachary Butler; one great-granddaughter, Aubrey Kirk; and 
several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Elmer and Pearl Agatha Byrd; three 
brothers; and three sisters.

Pallbearers will be Jeremy Rigsby, Sean Butler, Adrian Butler, Charles Reel, 
Gary Collinsworth and Paul Hudson.

Honorary pallbearers will be the men of Grace Baptist Church.

The family received friends from 6-8 p.m. Monday evening, April 2, 2007, at 
Croley Funeral Home in Gladewater.

Published in the Longview News-Journal from 4/2/2007 - 4/3/2007.