NAME: DELBERT DUEL HODGE , AGE 94 A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT BORN: AUGUST 29, 1913 AT DUNCAN, OKLAHOMA TO BEN AND JENNIE (GOODWIN) HODGE AGE 94 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 0 DAYS EDUCATION: HE ATTENDED HOLDENVILLE AREA SCHOOLS MARRIED: HE MARRIED IDEE BELL YANDELL ON JUNE 2, 1934 AT HOLDENVILLE, OKLAHOMA. SHE PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH ON JULY 10, 1999 OVER 65 YEARS TOGETHER OCCUPATION: HODGE WAS A LIFELONG COWBOY BUT RAISED HIS FAMILY AS AN AUTO BODY REPAIRMAN AND OWNED AND OPERATED HIS OWN SHOP SEVERAL YEARS CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A BAPTIST HODGE WAS A MASON OVER 50 YEARS AND A LIFE MEMBER OF ATOKA LODGE #4. HE LOVED COUNTRY MUSIC AND VISITING WITH PEOPLE SURVIVED BY 2 CHILDREN: JIM HODGE AND WIFE GINGER, SPENCERVILLE, OK CAROL RAY, ATOKA 2 GRANDCHILDREN: PENNIE CAVEN OF DURANT BEN HODGE OF UTAH A VERY SPECIAL NIECE: LINDA JACKSON, ATOKA LENA SANDERS, BOKCHITO SISTER: LEE HODGE, CHULA VISTA, CA. VERY DEAR FRIEND: GENE AND JOYCE TURPIN AND FAMILY OF GERTY, OK ALONG WITH NUMEROUS OTHER RELATIVE AND MANY DEAR AND LOVED FRIENDS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: BEN AND JENNIE HODGE WIFE: IDEE BELL GREAT GRAND DAUGHTER: MEGAN HODGE SON IN-LAW: O.P. RAY NEPHEW: MAURICE JACKSON 2 SISTERS AND 1 BROTHER ************************************************************************************************************ DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, OCT. 02, 2007 AT 10:00 AM PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICE GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY, ATOKA PLACE OF INTERMENT: GREE MEADOWS CEMETERY, ATOKA OFFICIATING: CAROL RAY CONDOLENCES MAY BE SENT TO THE FAMILY BY EMAIL TO: BROWNS@ATOKA.NET. PLEASE REFERENCE THE NAME OF THE DECEASED IN YOUR CORRESPONDENCE. SERVICES UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BROWN'S FUNERAL SERVICE - ATOKA, OK NO FAMILY NIGHT