Hodges, Jo

KILGORE - Memorial services for Jo A. Hodges, 78, of Kilgore, will be at 2 
p.m. Saturday, June 23, 2007, at Rader Funeral Home of Kilgore, with the 
Rev. Pat Monk officiating. Mrs. Hodges died June 15, 2007, in Longview.

Born March 6, 1929, in Long Beach, Calif., she enjoyed cooking, artwork, 
sewing, reading and watching old movies. Survivors include her husband, 
Robert H. Hodges; and sons, Stephen Hodges and Robert Hodges.

Please leave online condolences at www.raderfuneralhome.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 6/20/2007.

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Hodges, Jo

KILGORE - Memorial services for Jo A. Hodges, 78, of Kilgore, will be at 
2 p.m. Saturday, June 23, 2007, at the Rader Funeral Home of Kilgore, 
with the Reverend Pat Monk officiating

Mrs. Hodges passed away Friday, June 15, 2007, in Longview.

Jo was born March 6, 1929, in Long Beach, California, to Robert Prentiss 
and Johnnie E. Hanna. She graduated from Bakersfield High School in 
Bakersfield, California. She also lived in Longview, Texas; Anchorage, 
Alaska; Lake Cherokee and Cochiti Lake, New Mexico before returning to 
Kilgore in 2006, to be close to family and friends.

Jo's passion was cooking; she loved entertaining family and friends. She 
also enjoyed her artwork, sewing, reading and watching old movies. She 
loved her two dogs, "Brenda" and "Bootsie." Her spirit blessed her 
friends and family. Jo never met a stranger and treated everyone like 
family.

She is survived by her loving husband of 59 years, Robert H. Hodges of 
Kilgore; two sons and daughter-in-law, Stephen Hodges of Bakersfield, 
California and Robert and Vicki Hodges of Kilgore; grandson and wife, 
Clay and Rachel Hodges of Mart, Texas; granddaughter, Stefanie Hodges 
of College Station, Texas; great-grandson, Holden Hodges of Mart, Texas; 
brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Allan and Billie Hodges; sister-in-law, 
Larcy Hodges; sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Gail and Richard Myers, 
all of Bakersfield, California; as well as numerous nieces, nephews and 
friends.

The family would like to thank Dr. Patel, The Willows of Kilgore, 
Longview Cancer Center, Good Shepherd Medical Center and Heart'sWay 
Hospice for Jo's wonderful care in her final days.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial donations be made 
to the Forest Home Baptist Church Building Fund or Heart'sWay Hospice.

Please leave online condolences at www.raderfuneralhome.com.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 6/21/2007.