Extracted from The Monroe Morning World (Monroe, LA)
Sunday, April 5, 1953

JOE HODGE

FARMERVILLE, April. 4. Joe Hodge, 53, died 1 p.m. Saturday in Marion Clinic after a long illness. He is a resident of Spencer, La.

Funeral services will be held at Cross Road Baptist Church at 3 p.m. Sunday. Interment will follow in Cross Road Cemetery under the direction of Kilpatrick Funeral Home of Farmerville.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Joe Hodge, Spencer; four sons, J. L., Luther, L. Jimmie of Spencer, Joe, Jr. of Sterlington; one daughter, Mrs. J. O. Jaacks, Spencer, four brothers, Lloyd, Green, Sedney, and Elton all of Farmerville; five sisters, Mrs. Jess Tubbs, Truxno, La., Mrs. Pete Frisby, Bastrop, Mrs. Pete Norwood, West Monroe, Mrs. Lee Dumas, Farmerville, Mrs. Miller Peak, Bastrop; eleven grandchildren.