Nora Hodgden

Nora Appaline “Susie” Hodgden, 79, passed away Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, at her home in Iola.
She was born June 25, 1937, in Liberty County, Ga., to Ralph and Nora Elizabeth (Wells) McLamb. She grew up in the Gum Branch, Ga., area. She married Merrill D. Hodgden on Sept. 1, 1953. They moved around to several communities before settling in El Dorado, where they lived for 20 years before coming to Iola in 1983.
Susie was a member of Carlyle Presbyterian Church, Order of the Eastern Star, Social Order of Beauceants and the Gideons Auxiliary.
She is survived by her husband, Merrill, of the home; sons Merrill Jr. and wife Malia, El Dorado, John and wife Julie, Thayer, Travis and wife Cindy, Cherryvale, Vance, Chanute, Aaron, Iola, Shane Ray, Norton, and Shiloh Ray, Tacoma, Wash.; daughters Christine Grimm and husband Richard, Topeka, Rose Elliss and husband Darren, Westphalia, Patricia Hodgdon, Iola, and Tammy Lynn and husband Bobby, Bosier City, La.; grandchildren Nicholas Hodgden, Malia Harden, April Grimm, Amy Grimm, John Hodgden Jr., Jessica Hodgden, Joseph Hodgden, Raymond Head, Jacob Elliss, Stephanie Ray, Chelsea Ray, Cody Ray, Bobby Rash, Elijah Keever, Sequoia Keever, Brandon Housel, Mark Housel and Jessica Buxton; 18 great-grandchildren; and sisters Grace Rewis, Glenville, Ga., and Joyce Teston, Claxton, Ga..
Susie was preceded in death by her parents, brothers Ernest McLamb, M.R. McLamb, L.S. McLamb and Guy McLamb, a sister Mavis Yarbrough, and a grandson, Daniel Graham.
Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service in Iola. Her service will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will follow in Highland Cemetery at Iola. Contributions in her memory are to Gideons International.