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Jerome Henry Hodges Jr.

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Jerome Henry Hodges Jr.

Birth
Death
27 Sep 2014 (aged 68)
Amarillo, Potter County, Texas, USA
Burial
Amarillo, Randall County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section FV Lot 230 Space 10
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Jerome Henry Hodges Jr., 68, died Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Cox Funeral Benton Chapel with Pastor Gene Goodwin and Leonard Minifield officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery. Arrangements are by Cox Funeral Home, 4180 Canyon Drive.

Henry was born Sept. 1, 1946, and passed away on Saturday, Sept. 27, at 2:07 a.m. after a lengthy illness. He joined the Navy during the Vietnam War. He was stationed aboard the USS Oriskany in the Gulf of Tonkin and the Serbic Bay. He received the Bronze Star, two Vietnam Service medals, and the Good Conduct medal.

After returning home from the service, he was a meat cutter for 35 years. He was a member of Valle de Oro Baptist Church.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Jerome Henry Hodges Sr. and Vivian Nadine Caruth Hodges; and two nephews and a niece, James, Jamie Lynn and Darla Carole Suzette.

Survivors include two sisters, Carole Scales of Amarillo and Paula Di Benedetto of Quincey, Fla.; three daughters, Kassandra Ane, Vanessa Diane and Kindra Dee; six grandchildren; three nephews, Richard Bell of Amarillo and Dax DiBenedetto and Lot DiBenedetto, both of Dallas; and a niece, Tina Southern of Canyon.

Pallbearers include Julian Sapien, Gary Thornton, Coy O’Guinn, Bob McRee, Torin Southern and Alan Southern.

Visitation will be all day today at the funeral home.

(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, Sept. 30, 2014)
Jerome Henry Hodges Jr., 68, died Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Cox Funeral Benton Chapel with Pastor Gene Goodwin and Leonard Minifield officiating. Burial will be in Llano Cemetery. Arrangements are by Cox Funeral Home, 4180 Canyon Drive.

Henry was born Sept. 1, 1946, and passed away on Saturday, Sept. 27, at 2:07 a.m. after a lengthy illness. He joined the Navy during the Vietnam War. He was stationed aboard the USS Oriskany in the Gulf of Tonkin and the Serbic Bay. He received the Bronze Star, two Vietnam Service medals, and the Good Conduct medal.

After returning home from the service, he was a meat cutter for 35 years. He was a member of Valle de Oro Baptist Church.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Jerome Henry Hodges Sr. and Vivian Nadine Caruth Hodges; and two nephews and a niece, James, Jamie Lynn and Darla Carole Suzette.

Survivors include two sisters, Carole Scales of Amarillo and Paula Di Benedetto of Quincey, Fla.; three daughters, Kassandra Ane, Vanessa Diane and Kindra Dee; six grandchildren; three nephews, Richard Bell of Amarillo and Dax DiBenedetto and Lot DiBenedetto, both of Dallas; and a niece, Tina Southern of Canyon.

Pallbearers include Julian Sapien, Gary Thornton, Coy O’Guinn, Bob McRee, Torin Southern and Alan Southern.

Visitation will be all day today at the funeral home.

(Published in Amarillo Globe-News, Sept. 30, 2014)


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