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Ann Elizabeth Fowler Hodges

Birth: 2 Feb 1920
Alabama, USA
Death: 10 Sep 1972 (aged 52)
Sylacauga, Talladega County, Alabama, USA
Burial: Charity Baptist Church Cemetery

Hazel Green, Madison County, Alabama, USA Show Map GPS-Latitude: 34.9486424, Longitude: -86.6136629
Plot: Old Part Row 28
Memorial ID: 43549421 View Source

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Daughter of Walter Fowler and Mary Ida Honea
Struck by a meteorite while in her home in Talladega County, Alabama on November 30, 1954.

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Walter Fowler

1891–1943
Mary Ida Honea Fowler

1888–1973

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Walter Cope

1916–2002 (m. 1937)
Eugene Hulitt Hodges Sr

1922–2012

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James Clarence Fowler

1912–1975
Arthur Harrison Fowler Sr

1914–1988

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Added: Oct 26, 2009
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43549421/ann_elizabeth-hodges: accessed ), memorial page for Ann Elizabeth Fowler Hodges (2 Feb 1920–10 Sep 1972), Find a Grave Memorial ID 43549421, citing Charity Baptist Church Cemetery, Hazel Green, Madison County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by BK (contributor 46630070).

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ANN HODGES TOOK AN INDIRECT HIT FROM A SMALL STONE FROM OUTER SPACE THAT CRASHED THROUGH HER ROOF, BOUNCED OFF A LARGE RADIO CONSOLE, AND HIT HER ON THE HIP AS SHE LAY NAPPING ON A SOFA ON THE AFTERNOON OF NOVEMBER 30 1954. SHE HAD A RATHER LARGE BRUISE AS HER SOUVENIR OF THE ENCOUNTER.

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The Hodges Meteorite came through the roof of her house andbounced off this radio before hitting her on her. The radio was later loaned to the American Museum of Natural History. It is now displayed in the Alabama Museum of Natural History.

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The now-famous "Hodges Meteorite," named for Ann E. Hodges, weighs about 8½ pounds and is on permanent display at the Alabama Museum of Natural History at the University of Alabama.

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The meteorite was at first handed over to the U.S. military, but Ann Hodges later legally won custody of it and eventually donated it to a local museum.

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This photo shows the hole in the roof and ceiling that the meteorite made. Luckily for Ann Hodges, the meteorite first hit a radio, bounced off it, and then hit Ann.

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Ann Hodges was a guest on the TV show "I've Got A Secret" with host Garry Moore. Garry is holding the actual meteorite in this photo.

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