Hattie Watkins Hodges

Mrs. Hattie Watkins Hodges Louisville, GA—Funeral Services for Mrs. Hattie Watkins Hodges, 90, of Louisville, Georgia, who died August 16, 2006, will be conducted Friday morning at 11 o’clock from the Louisville United Methodist Church. Rev. Beau Taylor and Rev. Ed Deen officiating. Interment in Louisville City Cemetery. The sixth of ten children of the late Mark and Sally Cooper Watkins, she was born February 4, 1916, at her family’s farm near Bartow, and was educated in the Jefferson County School System. On December 23, 1939, she married Jack Hodges, of the Downs Community in Washington County. They made their home in Louisville. She was an active member of the Louisville United Methodist Church for 60 years, a member of the Barwick Sunday School Class, and active in the women’s work of the church. In 1955, Mrs. Hodges purchased The Primp Shoppe, a ladies dress shop, on Broad Street in Louisville. She owned and operated this business until her retirement in 1992. All who knew her thought of her as a very kind, gentle lady who deeply loved her family, her church and her customers. Mrs. Hodges was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Jack in 1977 and also by her brothers, Frank Watkins, H.E. “Shorty” Watkins and sisters, Nina W. Eubanks, Ruby W. Hartley and Ruth W. Horne. Survivors include two sons and daughter-in-law, Ronnie Lester and Connie Hodges, Statesboro and Larry Mark and Donnie Hodges, Louisville; five grandchildren, Ronnie Lester Hodges, Jr., and his wife, Maria, Patrice McKenzie Hodges Wickham and her husband, Chris, all of Statesboro, Larry Mark Hodges, Jr., and his wife, Allison, Martinez, Matthew Evans Hodges and his wife, Tammy, Wrens and William Donovan Hodges and his wife, Kathryn, Athens; seven great grandchildren, McKenzie and LesLee Hodges, Taylor Wickham, all of Statesboro, Katherine and Caroline Hodges, Martinez and Evans and Mary Wilhelmina Hodges, Wrens; three sisters, Frances W. Jones, Louisville, Christine W. Hanley, Louisville and Bobbie W. Poole, Dallas, TX. Honorary Pallbearers will be members of the Barwick Sunday School Class. Active Pallbearers will be Les Hodges, Chris Wickham, Mark Hodges, Matt Hodges, Will Hodges Mickey Jones, Harry S. Gilmore, Jr. and Frank Etheridge. The family will receive friends at the Louisville United Methodist Church this Thursday evening from 7 to 9. The family will be at Mrs. Hodges’ residence, 1024 Peachtree Street, Louisville, GA. Memorials may be made to the Louisville United Methodist Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 269, Louisville, GA 30434. The family wishes to extend their grateful appreciation to the dedicated ladies who assisted in caring for Mrs. Hodges during her lengthy illness; Joyce Anderson, Bessie Atkinson, Sarah Cooper, Gracie Davis, Ada Gibbons, Louise Ponder, Linda Reese, Gwen Washington and the late Rosa Rhymes. Stephen D. Posey Funeral Home of North Augusta in charge of arrangements (803-278-1181) Visit the registry online at www.poseyfuneralhome.com

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Hattie Watkins Hodges

February 4, 1916 - August 16, 2006