Mr. Gene A. Hodge Sr.

HODGE, Mr. Gene A. Sr.- Age 74, passed away Saturday, November 22, 2014 at McLaren-Flint. Family hour 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, December 2, 2014 at Word of Life Christian Church, 460 W. Atherton Rd., with funeral service commencing at 11 a.m. Pastor George Wilkinson, Host Pastor, Eld. Phil Hodge officiating. Interment Great Lakes National Cemetery, G-4200 Belford Rd., Holly, MI. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. Mr. Hodge will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., and may be viewed from 1-8 p.m. Monday. Mr. Gene Audria Hodge, Sr. was born July 5, 1940 in Plain Dealing, Louisiana, the son of Fleming Hodge and Mary L. (Smith) Hodge, he graduated from Carrie Martin High School in Plain Dealing. Mr. Hodge married Mrs. Edna Lee Reddix and they were married for 50 beautiful years. In 1965, they moved to Flint, MI where he started his own businesses alongside Charles and Freddie Johnson and his brothers called Soul Beat Records and Gene Cement. He leaves to cherish his memories: his beloved wife, Edna Lee Hodge; children, Gene (Rosezetta) Hodge, Jr., Patricia Denise Hodge-Horton, Wali A.S. Hodge and Herbert Liddell; god-son, Anthony Baker; grandchildren, Gene A. Hodge "The Third," Leonard Robinson, Jr., Charles “Bojo” II, Nygee Gant, Crystal, Cryanna and Shakira Hodge, Danielle and Sareeta Horton, Tia and Reddida Walker; 6 great-grandchildren; 4 sisters that he loved and cared for so dearly, Margaret (Larkin) Muwwakkil, Betty Hodge, Barbara Johnson, all of Flint and Clora V. Williams of Muskegon, MI; brothers, Roy (Katherine) Hodge and Cleauthur (Winnie) Elamin; a host of nieces, nephews other relatives and friends including special friends, Freddie Johnson and Charlie Brown. Mr. Hodge was preceded in death by his parents, Fleming and Mary Hodge and brothers, Flenroy and Johnny Hodge. The family would like to express special thanks to Pastor George Wilkinson and the Word of Life Christian Church family, McLaren Regional Medical Center-Flint’s doctors and nurses, the staff of Davita Dialysis, Ms. Carolyn Wells and family and the many family members and friends for your support.

Mr. Gene A. Hodge Sr.

July 5, 1940 - November 22, 2014