Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Hodge, Floyd May 23, 2006
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Elizabethton Star  May 25, 2006
Floyd "Chick" Hodge 





    Floyd "Chick" Hodge, 84, 801 Walker Street, Elizabethton, went home to be 

with the Lord on Tuesday, May 23, 2006, at North side Hospital. 





    Mr. Hodge was a native of Elizabethton and a son of the late George Hodge 

Sr. and Lutie Hodge. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by 

two brothers, Frank Hodge and George Hodge Jr., and a sister, Dorothy Hilton. 





    Mr. Hodge was a former employee of North American Rayon Corporation where 

he served as a supervisor in the Spinning Department. He also was a former 

employee of Great Lakes Research Corporation and retired from the Elizabethton 

City School System, having served as a custodian at Elizabethton High School. 

He served for a brief time with the Elizabethton Police Department and served 

as a volunteer with the Elizabethton Fire Department. 





    He was the last surviving charter member of Roan Street Free Will Baptist 

Church, where he had formerly served as treasurer and as a trustee. He was a 

World War II veteran of the U.S. Navy, having served in the Seabees in the 

Aleutians and the Pacific. He loved bowling and attending Elizabethton Twins 

baseball games. 





    Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Margaret Brewer Hodge; three 

daughters, Glenda Fritts, Diane Timbs and husband Gary and Carol Pierce and 

husband Robert, all of Elizabethton; six grandchildren, Brian Fritts and wife 

Shona of Hampton, Michael Fritts and wife Heather, Melanie Moore and husband 

Dan, Karen Deloach and husband Brandon, Rachel Dunlap and husband Eric and Amy 

Pierce, all of Elizabethton; two great-grandchildren, Dylan Fritts and Isaac 

Moore; a step-great-granddaughter, Shelbie Morgan; and several nieces and 

nephews. 





    Funeral services for Mr. Hodge will be conducted at 8 p.m. Thursday, May 

25, at Memorial Funeral Chapel with Rev. Arthur Renfro and Rev. Howard Messer 

officiating. Graveside services and interment will be at 10 a.m. Friday, May 

26, at Happy Valley Memorial Park with Rev. D.C. Bryd officiating. Music will 

be provided by Bobby Wood Jr. Oma Jean Woods and Penny Roberson. Active 

pallbearers will be Brian Fritts, Michael Fritts, Kevin Fritts, Dan Moore, 

Brandon Deloach, Eric Dunlap, Steve Woods and John Rouse. Honorary pallbearers 

will be his church family, friends and neighbors. The family will receive 

friends at the funeral home from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, prior to the service 

hour. Friends may also call at the residence at anytime. Family and friends 

will assemble at the funeral chapel at 9:30 a.m. Friday to go to the cemetery. 

Online condolences to the Hodge family may be e-mailed to mfc@chartertn.net. 





    Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements. 





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