Georgia Mae Hodge

Georgia Mae Hodge, 73, of Marion died Dec. 29, 2020, at Northwest Regional Medical Center in Clarksdale, Miss. She was a retired home health employee, member of Living Word COGIC in Osceola and the Motherboard. Ms. Hodge was born Jan. 21, 1947, in Keiser to George Bailey and Estelle Battles Reed. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, William Hodge; two sons, Will Hodge and Wilbert Hodge; three brothers, George Bailey, Jr., John Bailey and Earnest Battles; two sisters, Beatrice Taylor and Rosetta Seals.

She is survived by two sons, Raymond Marshall of Blytheville and Daniel Bailey of Kalamazoo, Mich.; two daughters, Elizabeth Fuller of Osceola and Rosemary James of Clarksdale, Miss.; eight brothers, A.D. Reed and Edward Battles of Osceola, Andrew Coker of Benton Harbor, Mich., Dale Battles of Kalamazoo, Mich., Terry Bailey, Jerry Bailey, Frank Bailey and Fritz Bailey of Rockford, Ill.; six sisters, Bird Ella Young of Osceola, Mary Coker of Kalamazoo, Mich., Joyce Ward of Chicago, Ill., Patricia Smith of Virginia, Margaret Bailey of Washington, D.C., and Mary Coretta Bailey of Rockford, Ill.; 10 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

Graveside services will be Friday, Jan. 15, at 11 a.m. at Sandy Ridge Cemetery in Burdette with Pastor Archie Thomas officiating. Wilson Funeral Home in Osceola is in charge.