The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Monday, January 1, 1996                TAG: 9601010009
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   28 lines

JENNIE E. HODGE

Jennie Ethel Hodge, 88, of the 100 block of Riverside Drive, died Dec. 31, 1995.

She was a native of Patrick Springs, Va., and was the widow of Thomas J. Hodge. She was a member of North Wilkesboro Church of God, North Wilkesboro, N.C.

Survivors include three daughters, Mattie M. George and Martha Hodge Sessoms of Portsmouth, and JoAnn Bidgood of Chesapeake; two sisters, Sally Larkin of Portsmouth and Allie Hodge of Martinsville, Va.; one brother, Raymond Mabe of Martinsville; three grandsons, William Charles George III, Ben Sessoms III and Thomas Charles Sessoms; and two grand-nieces and one nephew. She was predeceased by her son, Curtis L. Hodge.

The funeral will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday in Snellings Funeral Home, Churchland Chapel, by the Rev. Homer Peterson Jr. Burial is in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens. The family will be at the funeral home Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m.

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