Bessie Hodge

MORLEY, Mo. -- Bessie Hodge, 89, of Morley, formerly of Pollard, Ark., died Thursday, April 19, 2007, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

She was born Dec. 5, 1917, in Pollard, daughter of Luther Edgar and Tinna Elizabeth Pollard Evans. She and Jessie Leeman Hodge were married July 3, 1933.

Survivors include a son, Dairel Hodge of Oran, Mo.; a daughter, Betty Banks of Morley; a brother, Eugene Evans; two sisters, Louise Cooper and Darlene Potts; nine grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, two sons, four brothers and a sister.

Friends may call at 10 a.m. Monday at Hoggard and Sons Chapel in Pollard. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the funeral chapel. Brian Flannigan will officiate, with burial in New Hope Cemetery in Pollard.