2. | Abraham Lincoln Hodge was born on 1 Jun 1889 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee (son of Joseph Washington Hodges and Mary Main); died on 23 Apr 1965 in , Avery County, North Carolina, ; was buried in Sunset Memorial Park, , Johnson County, Tennessee. Notes:
"The Tomahawk," Wednesday, April 28, 1965
Abraham Lincoln Hodge. . .
Abraham Lincoln Hodge, age 74 of Mountain City died in Cannon Memorial Hospital, Banner Elk, N.C. Saturday at 10:55 p.m. after a 10-week illness. He was a native of Johnson County, son of the late Washington and Mary Mains Hodge; a farmer and businessman, a former (12 years) tax assessor of Johnson County; former school teacher and former member of the Johnson County Board of Education. He was a member of the First Christian Church.
Survivors include[sic] the wife, Mrs. Clara A. Hodge, Mountain City; two sons, Gar Hodge and Sam Hodge, both Mountain City; five daughters, Venia Hodge, Faye Hodge, Mrs. Shirley Farmer, all Mountain City, Mrs. Bessie Jackson, Mrs. Pauline Slaughter, both Bristol; two sisters, Mrs. Pollie May, Trade, Mrs. Lucille Dunn, Mountain City; seven grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Funeral services conducted on Tuesday at the First Christian Church with H.T. Mabry and Rev. A.E. Brown officiating[sic]. The burial was in Sunset Memorial Park.
Pallbearers were Grady May, Butler Pennington, Ray May, Edd Hodge, Ode May, Joe Eller and Dick Mains. Flower bearers were ladies of the church and neighbors.
Lewis Gentry in charge.
Abraham married Clara A. Snyder on 15 Aug 1908 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. Clara (daughter of Alexander Snyder and Abigail "Abbie" Martin) was born in Jan 1890 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee; died on 12 Jan 1966 in Johnson County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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