Raymond Everet Hodges
August 25, 1939 — January 17, 2014
Raymond Hodges Raymond Everet Hodges, age 74, died Friday, January 17, 2014 in Logandale, Nevada. He was born August 25, 1939 in Sanderson, Florida to Roland and Emmie Godwin Hodges. He was briefly married to Florence Lewis of East Palatka, Florida before serving his country in the US Air Force. He was stationed in Germany where he met and marrried his second wife Karin. Their only son, Ronald, was born in Germany.
Raymond grew up in Florida, where he and Karin raised their son. In Florida he worked mostly as a truck driver. In 1976 they moved to Colorado where he worked in the construction industry and for many years for the Silt Irrigation District. He loved the Rockies and enjoyed hunting , fishing and riding their horses. Ray and Karin divorced after they moved to Nevada. In 2013 Ray came to Logandale to live with his son. He will be remembered as a gentle southern gentleman.
Survivors include his son, Ronald "Ron" (Stormie) Hodges; one granddaughter, Courtney all of Logandale, NV; sister Linda (Mike) Deloach of Maggie Valley, NC, brother Kenneth (Connie) Hodges of Palatka, Florida. He has numerous nephews and nieces.
Funeral services were held in Florida. Interment was in the Swift Creek Cemetery, Lake Butler, Florida.