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Hester Beatrice Adair Hodges

Birth
Hunt County, Texas, USA
Death
2001 (aged 87–88)
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
Burial
Commerce, Hunt County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Hester Hodges
GRAND PRAIRIE - Hester B. Hodges, longtime resident of Grand Prairie and formerly of Commerce, died Thursday in San Antonio. Funeral services will be at Bean-Massey-Burge Funeral Home Chapel in Grand Prairie at 11 a.m. Saturday with Dr. J.H. Wright officiating. Burial will be in the family plot at Rosemound Cemetery, Commerce, at 4 p.m.
Daughter of James E. and Minnie Lankford Adair, she was born Aug. 30, 1913, on a farm near Commerce. She earned her master's degree in elementary education from East Texas State University in Commerce and taught in rural schools in Commerce for several yeas. She taught fifth grade in Grand Prairie from 1955 through 1975 and was a member of the Texas State Retired Teachers Association and the National Retired Teachers Association. Mrs. Hodges was a member of the First Baptist Church of Grand Prairie and taught Sunday school there and served on various committees.
She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Steven W. and Betty Hodges of Lockhart; four stepdaughters and nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband of nearly 41 years, Ralph Hodges; four brothers and one sister.
Visitation is from 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home which is located at 733 Dalworth Street, Grand Prairie.


Hester Hodges
GRAND PRAIRIE - Hester B. Hodges, longtime resident of Grand Prairie and formerly of Commerce, died Thursday in San Antonio. Funeral services will be at Bean-Massey-Burge Funeral Home Chapel in Grand Prairie at 11 a.m. Saturday with Dr. J.H. Wright officiating. Burial will be in the family plot at Rosemound Cemetery, Commerce, at 4 p.m.
Daughter of James E. and Minnie Lankford Adair, she was born Aug. 30, 1913, on a farm near Commerce. She earned her master's degree in elementary education from East Texas State University in Commerce and taught in rural schools in Commerce for several yeas. She taught fifth grade in Grand Prairie from 1955 through 1975 and was a member of the Texas State Retired Teachers Association and the National Retired Teachers Association. Mrs. Hodges was a member of the First Baptist Church of Grand Prairie and taught Sunday school there and served on various committees.
She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Steven W. and Betty Hodges of Lockhart; four stepdaughters and nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband of nearly 41 years, Ralph Hodges; four brothers and one sister.
Visitation is from 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home which is located at 733 Dalworth Street, Grand Prairie.




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