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Ruth Toms Hodge, age 100 of Forest City, died Sunday, December 22, 2024.
Ruth was born April 14, 1924, in Rutherford County and was a daughter of the late George P. and Eula Edgerton Toms.
She was reared in Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church where she was an active member until more recently, she attended Florence Baptist Church. Ruth was a 1942 graduate of Cool Springs High School, a 1946 graduate of East Carolina State Teachers' College and Appalachian State in 1962 where she earned her Master of Arts in Biology.
She was an educator and teacher in the Rutherford County Schools where she taught home economics for several years at Sunshine School before moving to East Rutherford High School where she taught biology until her retirement.
She was preceded in death by her husband, J.Q. Hodge, her brother, Worth Toms, and sisters, Mary Langston, Grace Philbeck, and Anna Belle Smith.
Survivors include her sons, Jeffrey Hodge and friend, Shannon McCool of Forest City, Mark Hodge and wife Julie of Forest City, her daughters, Marcia Le Blanc and husband Russ of Hurdle Mills, and Tonya Justice and husband Gary of Charlotte, 8 grandchildren, 8 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great grandchild.
The funeral was held December 27 at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church with Rev. Stephen Matheny, Rev. Ad Hopper and Rev. Tonya Garrison officiating.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of Carolina Foothills, PO Box 336, Forest City, NC 28043.
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Padgett~King Mortuary and Crematory is serving the family.
