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DATE: Saturday, September 21, 1996          TAG: 9609210220
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B4   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                           LENGTH:   23 lines

RITA HODGES

Rita ``Ann'' Hodges, 60, died Sept. 20. 1996, in a Norfolk hospital.

A native of Norfolk, she was married to Willie Gray ``Butch'' Hodges, her husband of 36 years. Also she was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church.

Survivors include a daughter, Robin Clements and her husband, Barry, of Virginia Beach; a son, Robert Lee Hodges and his wife, Cynthia, of Norfolk; her mother, Fannie Irwin of Norfolk; two stepsisters, Marie Johnson Sykes of San Juan Capistrano, Calif., Carmen Johnson Wilcox of Placerville, Calif.; a brother, Rayford Earl Johnson of Norfolk; five grandchildren, Tony, Tommy, Cameron, Kara and Graysen

A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday in Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Bayside Chapel, by Pastor Daniel Quiram. Burial will be in Rosewood Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to American Cancer Society, Virginia Beach Unit, 2730 Ellsmere Ave., Norfolk, Va. 23513.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB