Paul Hodges

DEXTER - Paul Hodges, 79, died May 2, 2005, at the St. Anthony's Medical Center at St. Louis.

Born Oct. 26, 1925, at Parma to the late Arthur Bell and Martha Susan Driskol Hodges Sr., he was a member of the First Assembly of God Church in Dexter and a former welder for General Motors in St. Louis.

On Oct. 11, 1944, at Matthews, he married Nana Lou Jones who preceded him in death on May 11, 2004.

Survivors include: two sons, Doyal Hodges of St. Louis and Patrick Hodges of Overland Park, Kan.; two daughters, Paula Ulmer of Treadwell, N.Y., and Katrina Hatfield of Fenton; three sisters, Flora Ellen Jones of Clarksville, Ark., Pauline Jones of Arnold and Alice Rhodes of the state of California; and 11 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

In addition to his wife and parents, he was preceded in death by one son, Darrell Hodges; two brothers, Arthur Bell Hodges Jr. and Orville Duncan; and one sister, Pearl Bagsby.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter where services will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. The Rev. Mike Kohlbaker will officiate.

Burial will follow in the Morgan Memorial Park Cemetery at Advance.