Myrtle Olivia Bass Hodges

Myrtle Olivia Bass Hodges, age 100 formerly of Ridgeway Road, Eden passed away on Saturday October 18, 2014.

A funeral service will be held 1 pm Tuesday at The First Baptist Church with burial to follow at Overlook Cemetery.

Mrs. Hodges was born September 8, 1914 in Wayne County, NC to the late Needham and Elizabeth Herring Bass. She was a graduate of East Carolina Teachers College and was retired from the Eden City Schools as a Teacher. She was a member of the First Baptist Church and Life member of the Morehead Memorial Hospital Auxiliary.

Surviving are daughter, Karen Yeattes and husband Jeff of Greensboro; sons, Irving "Bud" Hodges and wife Kim of Roanoke, VA, Hugh Hodges and wife Carolyn of Eden, Emory Hodges and wife Linda of Simpsonville, SC.; brother, Wilben Bass. 11 grandchildren, Alan Frazier and wife Tracy, Beth Hodges, Michael Hodges and wife Andrea, Emily Bolinsky and husband Brett, Allison Stone and husband Matt, Will Hodges, Mark Hodges, Leslie Grotke and husband Tim, Suzanne Hodges, Grace Hodges and Olivia Hodges and 3 great grandchildren, Sydney Frazier, Caroline and Catherine Bolinsky.

She was preceded by her husband, Irving Hodges ; brothers, Walton, Edison, DeWitt, Wesley and Milton Bass, sisters, Allene B. Tibbles and Elizabeth B. Olson.

The family will receive friends on Monday from 6-8 pm and other times at the home of her son, Hugh, 921 Kylce Street, Eden.

Memorial contributions to First Baptist Church, 533 Greenwood Street, Eden, NC 27288 or to Morehead Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, 117 Kings Highway, Eden,NC 27288

Online condolences may be offered to the family at www.fairfuneralhome.com