J. Churchill Hodges
(June 9, 1925 - September 22, 2011)

J. Churchill Hodges, 86, life-time resident of Huntington, died Monday, September 12, 2011 in the Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House. He was born June 9, 1925 in Huntington, son of the late Dr. Frank Churchill Hodges and Amine Adams Hodges. Churchill attended Marshall Laboratory School following which he attended Kentucky Military Institute where he served proudly as Drum Major. He graduated from Marshall University, earning an A.B. in chemistry in 1948 and a Master's in geography in 1953. He also received a National Science Foundation Academic Institute Scholarship at The Ohio State University in 1957-58, and an honorary doctoral degree from Marshall in 2009. He had a life time interest in education. Churchill spent 36 years as an educator in Cabell County, teaching biology at Huntington East High School. He then began serving as Cabell County's first Supervisor of Science and Mathematics and Director of Purchasing. He also coached tennis at Marshall. Churchill was past president of the Huntington Museum of Art and the Huntington YMCA. He also served on the board of the Marshall University Foundation, Inc., and the Cabell Huntington Hospital Foundation. A lifetime member of Trinity Episcopal Church, a member of the Rotary Club of Huntington, the Gypsy Club, City Club, Noon Club, Guyan Golf and Country Club, Farmington Country Club in Charlottesville, Va., Order of First Families of Virginia, The Jamestowne Society, Order of the Crown in America and received the Drinko Distinguished Service Award in 2004. Churchill is survived by his wife of 36 years, Mary Henderson Hodges. Together they traveled every continent. He will be greatly missed by his many friends. Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, September 16, 2011 at Trinity Episcopal Church by The Very Rev'd R. Kevin Kelly. Entombment will follow in Woodmere Abbey of Remembrance. Friends may call Thursday from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Klingel-Carpenter Mortuary. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Hospice of Huntington, Marshall University Foundation, The Huntington Museum of Art, Trinity Episcopal Church, YMCA or the organization of one's choice.