Obituary of Henry B. Hodge, Sr

Henry Beather Hodge Sr., 81, entered into his eternal rest on Monday, February 29, 2016, at Palmetto Health Richland in Columbia. Born in Sumter, he was a son of the late Henry Hodge and Fannie Cockerill Hodge. Mr. Hodge was a skilled musician and singer and loved bluegrass and gospel music. He was a member and deacon of Green Pond Baptist Church in Walterboro. He attended Providence Baptist Church and was a retired mechanic in the U.S. Naval Yard. Mr. Hodge was twice married, first to the late Bobby Bowen Hodge and later to Sena H. Hodge of the home who survives along with a son, Henry B. Hodge II (Gwen); daughters, Ruth Barwick and Annie Judy all of Sumter, Cindy Windham (Carl) of Lamar and Pat Taylor (Charles) of Littleton, NC; a daughter-in-law, Angie Hodge of Sumter; step-children, Larry Hill (Marcell) Glenn Hill (Charlotte) all of Sumter and Brenda Winton (Dennis) of OK; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren; special friends, Danny and Belinda Schuler of Walterboro. He was preceded in death by a son, Donnie Hodge and a son-in-law, Horace “D.J.” Judy. Funeral services will be held at 3 P.M. Wednesday at Providence Baptist Church with Rev. Jim Williams, Rev. Ron Lee and Rev. Tom Vassar officiating. Burial will follow in the Providence Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 P.M. Tuesday at the Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and other times at the home, 480 Banaca Circle. Memorials may be made to Providence Baptist Church Building Fund, 2445 Old Manning Road, Sumter, SC 29150 or to Green Pond Baptist Church, 12295 Green Pond Highway, Green Pond, SC 29446. On-line condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals.com Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad Street, Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements (803) 775-9386.