CARTER COUNTY, NC - OBITUARIES - Leona Burrow Hodge, 31 Mar 2002 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Mitchell News Journal www.mitchellnews.com/ ==================================================================== LEONA B. HODGE SPRUCE PINE – Leona Burrow Hodge, 90, of West Mountain Drive, died Sunday, March 31, 2002 at her home. A native of Carter County, Tennessee, she was the daughter of the late Brown and Minnie Burrow, and wife of the late Rev. Mack Hodge. She was also preceded in death by a daughter, Mary Huffman; a son, Joel Roy Hodge; two sisters, Mary Kate and Edna Poe; one brother, Gene Burrow; and one grandson, Keith Hodge. She was a member of Berry Chapel Baptist Church. Survivors include two daughters, Sandra Vickers and Brenda Slagle both of Spruce Pine; two sons, Dale and Jerry Hodge, both of Spruce Pine; one brother, Ray Burrow of Elizabethton, TN; seven grandchildren; and three great grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Berry Chapel Baptist Church. Revs. Greg Hollifield, George Gouge and R.M. Cassity officiated. Burial was in Mountain Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery. The family received friends Tuesday from 12 noon until the service hour at the church. Webb Funeral Home in Spruce Pine was in charge of arrangements.