Obituary of Wilbur Bryan Hodges, Caldwell Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Kim Wise
Source: Riser Funeral Home
Date: October 2004



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Obituary:  Wibur Bryan Hodges

Services for Wilbur Bryan Hodges, age 75 of Rosefield will be held
at 2 p.m., August 4, 2004 from the Rosefield Baptist Church with Rev.
Harrell Tucker officiating. Interment with full masonic rites under the
direction of the Charles F. Buck Masonic Lodge of Urania will follow
in the Rosefield Cemetery under the direction of Riser Funeral Home
of Columbia.
    
Mr. Hodges was born in Rosefield on December 20, 1928 to the
union of Hardie and Frenchie Powell Hodges and died Sunday, August 
1, 2004 at the Citizens Medical Center in Columbia.

He was a retired senior woodsman with International Paper Co.,
a farmer and a professional meat cutter.  He was a veteran of World
War II having served in the U.S. Army and Merchant Marines.  He was
also an ordained Baptist minister and pastored Rosefield Baptist Church
and Temple Baptist Church in Oak Ridge.

Survivors include his wife: Edna Hyde Hodges of Rosefield, his sons:
John P. Hodges, Sr. and Samuel H. Hodges both of Rosefield and Joel
L. Hodges of Alexandria.  his daughters: Patty H. Louis of Baton Rouge,
Wanda H. McNamara of Simpson, Gayla H. Urena of Pineville and Karen
H. North of Alexandria, his brother: David Lane Hodges of Calhoun, his
sister: Jackie H. Givan of Tupelo, Ms., fifteen grandchildren and twenty-
one great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be John Hodges, Jr., Damion Hodges, Lanny Poole,
Ed Wilhite, Jimmy King, Jr. and Jeff Girod.

Larry Tradewell will serve as honorary pallbearer.

Visitation will be after  3 p.m. Tuesday until service time at Rosefield
Baptist Church.