Jane G Hodge

Jane Grice Hodge passed away on March 22, 2023 in Bonham, Texas.

Jane was born in Wood County Texas on February 8, 1935 at her grandmother's home to father Clovis Kyle Grice and mother Lorene Turner Grice. Jane moved to Bonham as a young child with her family, and graduated Bonham High School in 1953. Jane was a very talented seamstress. When dating her future husband, Glen F. (Dub) Hodge, Jane bought a brand-new Singer sewing machine with all the attachments for $600.  Dub thought she was crazy, but she bought it anyway. Jane sewed every curtain in every home they ever owned. She also sewed clothes for her younger sister JoAnn, nieces, her sons and finally her youngest child, a daughter. Since Jane was so talented and could sew all the cute clothes for her daughter, people would ask Jennie, "Where'd you get that dress?"  Jennie would say, proudly, "Mama made it!"  Jane started to make tags to put in all the clothes she sewed that said, "Mama Made It".  Jane sewed Jennie's wedding dress, her Mother-of-the-Bride dress, several of the bridesmaids' dresses and the flower girls dress on that same Singer sewing machine she bought 30+ years earlier. Jane had several jobs over the years, ranging from General Cable, Bonham Manufacturing, and met Dub at the M&S Clinic  and ending at Bradford-Watson Co. After her marriage to Dub, Jane was able to stay home raising her sons, Paul and Phillip and daughter Jennie.  She reentered the workforce in 1973 as an assistant to her father-in-law, G.C. Hodge whom she called "Mr. Hodge" when at work at Bradford-Watson Co.  Jane basically ran the place, even after his death when Dub took over.  Jane worked there until Covid hit in 2020 and that's when she decided to "semi-retire" but kept the books for the business from the safety of her home. Jane was very involved in her children's lives, whether it was Cub Scouts with her sons or Camp Fire Girls with Jennie.

Jane was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Dub Hodge.

She is survived by sons Paul and wife Kenna of Bonham, Phillip and wife Lesylee of Springdale Arkansas, daughters, Jennie Poe and husband Vic of Bonham and Gail Williams and husband Tim of Richardson and sister JoAnn Neuman of Naples TX. Grandchildren, all of whom Jane dearly loved, Danny, Darryl, Darren and Meredith Hodge, Chase Williams, Katy Hairston, Lexi Scherff and Austin Reynolds, several great grands as well as nieces and nephews.

Family and friends are invited to visit on Sunday, March 26 from 2:00pm - 5:00pm at Wise Funeral Home. Private family memorial to be held at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, friends are invited to make a donation in her memory to the charity of your choosing OR Chi Lambda of Fannin County of which she was a long-time member at PO Box 84, Bonham, TX. 75418.