Geneva County AlArchives Obituaries.....Hodges, Ira O. December 2, 1952
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“Signs of the Times” Primitive Baptist Periodical, May 1953 Issue

IRA O. HODGES – Geneva Co., Ala.

	Ira O. Hodges, a prominent Geneva, Ala., businessman and oil executive, 
died suddenly Dec. 2, 1952, at his home.  He was a native of Geneva County and 
active in church work, having rebuilt New Hope Primitive Baptist Church, which 
he dedicated to the memory of his parents, and he greatly aided other churches 
and worthy causes in this section.
	He was 56 years of age and is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ira O. Hodges 
of Geneva, and three daughters, Mrs. Lewis Kennerby, Savannah, Ga.; Alice Kay 
and Sandra of Geneva; four brothers, Charlie, Lee, and Ed of Graceville, Fla., 
and Jesse of Chattahoochee, Fla.; and three sisters, Mrs. A. W. Miller, Geneva, 
Mrs. Early Williams, Graceville, Fla., and Miss Lillie Hodges of Ft. Walton, 
Fla.
	A short time before his death, Brother Hodges related a most vivid 
experience to the writer, confessing a firm faith in his Lord, and telling what 
wondrous things the Lord had done for him and how he felt the ever presence of 
a supernatural power in caring for him.  He requested the writer to conduct his 
funeral and made all plans for it, even when he seemed in the best of health.  
In accordance with this request, Elder J. J. Collins held the last sad rites at 
his home on Dec. 5, 1952, using as a theme John 3:14-18 and 36, with prayer by 
Mr. R. M. Holms, pastor of the First Baptist Church.  Pittman Funeral Home was 
in charge of arrangements, and interment was in the Geneva Cemetery, where he 
was laid beneath a mound of beautiful flowers. – (Elder) J. J. Collins


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