Hodges

Odelsa Jean Hodges, 88, of Rockdale died Wednesday, March 30, 2022, at Baylor Scott & White Hospital in Round Rock.

The family will observe a private service at a later date.

Mrs. Hodges was born March 4, 1934, in Dewey, Oklahoma, to Eugene Wayne and Violet Mae (Tuck) Brown.

On June 7, 1952, she married Herbert Elton Hodges in Clovis, New Mexico.

Mrs. Hodges received her Master of Education from Eastern New Mexico University and subsequently taught for the University as a professor for many years.

She was a member of St. John’s United Methodist Church in Rockdale.

Mrs. Hodges was preceded in death by her parents, Eugene and Violet Brown; her husband, Herbert Elton Hodges; and a brother, Bob Brown.

Survivors are a daughter, Catherine Jean Fuehring and son-in-law John Fuehring of Fort Worth; a son, Tommy Hodges and daughter-in-law Carla Hodges of Rockdale; and two grandchildren, Melody Ann Hodges of Rockdale and Tracey Samantha Hodges of Tuscaloosa, Alabama.