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Roxie Anna Redfern Hodge, 95
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Roxie Anna Redfern Hodge, 95, of Winchester departed this life Monday, March 26, at her home following an extended illness.

Mrs. Hodge was born Dec. 21, 1922 to the late Robert Lee Redfern and Fannie Mae Ogg Redfern in Coffee County. She was a homemaker and loved to sew, cook, garden, plant flowers, go to yard sales, collect dolls and most of all, spend time with her family. She was of the Baptist faith and was a member of Victory Baptist Church. Mrs. Hodge was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great grandmother. She will be greatly missed by her family and remembered as a kind, compassionate and loving woman.

In addition to her parents, Mrs. Hodge was preceded in death by her husband, James Fred Hodge; son Eddie Lee Hodge; sisters Nola Mae Redfern Cogdon and Betty Redfern Walwin; and brothers Harold Redfern, Charles Redfern, Robert Redfern and William Choat Redfern.

She is survived by daughters Elna Mae Howard of Wincheter, Martha Lou Sells of Cowan and Susan Shannon and her husband James of Manchester; sons Fred Hodge and his wife Rebecca of McMinnville, James W. Hodge and his wife Beverly of Morrison; 18 grandchildren; 35 great-grandchildren; four great-great grandchildren; brother Bill Redfern and his wife Margie; two sisters, Louise Redfern Fowler and Charlotte Iris; and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Funeral service was Wednesday, March 28, at Kilgore Funeral Home Chapel. Burial followed at Rose Hill Memorial Gardens with Daniel Hodge, Clay Burt, Jon Bean, Gary Scott, Dennis Poff and Michael Shannon acting as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers were Ethan Farrar, Garrett Farrar and Caleb Shannon.

Kilgore Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.