The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, May 11, 1995                 TAG: 9505110371
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B8   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: NORFOLK                            LENGTH: Short :   26 lines

HENRY J. HODGES

Henry J. ``Hank'' Hodges, ETCS, USN (Ret.), 68, of the 1700 block of Columbia Ave., an electronics technician, died May 10, 1995, in a local hospital.

Mr. Hodges was born in St. Petersburg, Fla., and was retired from the Navy after 30 years. He was employed with the Jonathan Corp. He was a member of Fleet Reserve Branch (NU)5, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Atlantic Masonic Lodge (NU)2 and the Khedive Shrine Temple.

Survivors include his wife, Edna Hodges; a sister, Cherry Lee Brown of Tyler, Texas; two sisters-in-law, Edith Freeman of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Beth Baird of Northern Ireland; a brother-in-law and his wife, William and Hilda Murdock of Northern Ireland.

A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Smith & Williams Funeral Home, Norfolk Chapel.

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