Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Hudgins, John Twohy March 17, 1959
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Virginian-Pilot March 19, 1959
NORFOLK - John Twohy Hudgins, 70, president and treasurer of the Old Dominion 
Electric Co., died Tuesday at 12:35 p.m. at Bethesda, Md. He resided at 1802 
Granby St.
A lifelong resident of Norfolk, he was one of the oldest electrical contractors 
in Tidewater Virginia.
The son of William J. and Mrs. Maggie Brown Hudgins, he was the widower of Mrs. 
Stella Carter Hudgins.
A graduate of the Bliss Institute of Electrical Engineering, New York, he 
entered the electrical field through apprenticeship with John W. Smith and the 
Atlantic Electric Co.
He represented the Harry Alexander Co. of New York and Washington as civilian 
engineer in charge of the Norfolk field office during World War I.
                   Reorganized Firm
In 1918, he joined the William A. Burkhard Co., which later was reorganized as 
the Old Dominion Electric Co., with Charles Sorrell and the late Edgar Henderson 
as partners. During this period, he reorganized the company and became president 
and treasurer, posts he retained at his death. He also had the Food Equipment 
Parts Service Co., representing the nation's largest food equipment 
manufacturers. He distributed replacement parts on the East Coast.
He was a member of the Methodist Church, of Elizabeth Lodge 34, A.F. & A.M., 
Norfolk Lodge 31, B.P.O. Elks, John Watters Royal Arch Chapter, the National 
Electrical Contractors Assn., and the Builders and Contractors Exchange.
He also was a charter member of the Cosmopolitan Club and a charter member of 
Local 80, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Margaret H. Johnson of Hampton; two sons, 
Jackson G. Hudgins and Franklin M. Hudgins, both of Norfolk; one sister, Mrs. 
Lucy H. Cox, also of Norfolk; three grandsons, Richard C. Hudgins of Norfolk; 
Walter B. Johnson Jr., USA, and Leigh H. Johnson of Hampton, and nieces and 
nephews.
Funeral Friday
Funeral services will be conducted at the Ewell and Williamson Funeral Home 
Friday at 3:30 p.m. by the Rev. Beverly Tucker White, rector of St. Andrew's 
Episcopal Church. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery. The family will be at the 
home of Mrs. Lucy H. Cox, 615 Georgia Ave.

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