OBITUARY: Elizabeth Cullumber Hodges, Gold Hill, Jackson County,Oregon ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ********************************************************************************* Transcribed and formatted for use in USGenWeb Archives by Elizabeth Corethers 6 Dec 2002 ********************************************************************************* Gold Hill (Oregon) News, no date: Died on Sunday morning, February 2 [1913], after a lingering illness of five weeks, Mrs. Elizabeth Hodges, aged mother of S. T. Hodges, passed quietly away at the residence of her son at Gold Hill. For some time, owing to the nature of the malady and her advanced age, it had been known that the slenderest of threads held the spirit of this fine old pioneer gentlewoman to earth - and the end came not unexpectedly. Funeral services were conducted at the M. E. church, of which Mrs. Hodges was a devout member, on Monday morning, February 3, at 10 o'clock, Rev. E. C. Richards paying a beautiful tribute to the Christian character of the departed. The last sad rites of consignment to earth were performed at the Sam's Valley cemetery, where the remains were placed to rest in the family burial lot. Mrs. Elizabeth Hodges needs no tribute or epitaph to those who have known her during her long and useful life in this vicinity. Friends, neighbor and nurse to half the country side, she leaves the good repute of kindness and true womanhood. Elizabeth Cullumber was born in Ohio, April 4th, 1840. In 1858 she was wedded to Daniel Hodges, and with her husband resided in Texas and California before coming to Oregon, 40 years ago. Eight children were born to the union, four of whom are now living, three sons and one daughter; S. T. Hodges, of this city; Maria Hodges of Prosper, Oregon; Allen Hodges, Eureka, Calif., and Mrs. Susan Raimey of Central Point. Transcriber's note: The first three paragraphs of this obituary were printed in the Medford (Oregon) Mail Tribune on Monday, 10 Feb 1913, p. 6.