J. A. Hodges

J. A. Hodges, age 88, passed away Monday, June 4, 2018, at Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Jefferson City, TN.

He was enlisted in the US Air Force at Otis AFB in Massachusetts. He retired from Rentenbach Engineering Co and was also a board member of Citizens Bank & Trust of Grainger County.

He was preceded in death by his parents James Andy and Ethel (Seymour) Hodges, his beloved wife Kathryn (Cochran) Hodges, as well as his siblings. He is survived by his son Alton Hodges of Rutledge, sister-in-law Dean Hodges of Rutledge, as well as other beloved family members, cousins, nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, and great-great-nieces and great-great-nephews.

Visitation will be held from 5:00 to 7:00 pm Thursday, June 7, 2018, at Oakland Baptist Church, with funeral services to follow. Pastor Stacey Lawson will officiate. Interment will be held at 11:00 am on Friday, June 8, 2018, at Oakland Baptist Church Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Alton Hodges, and nephews Nick Hayes, David Hodges, Glenn Hodges, Eddie Hodges, Billy Hodges, and Carl Culbertson. Honorary pallbearers will be the Board Members of Citizens Bank & Trust of Grainger County.

Services entrusted to Smith-Reagan Funeral Home of Rutledge.