Services for Arnold Hodgins will be held Tuesday, March 29, 2016, at 3:00 p.m., at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home, with Reverend Allen Randall officiating. Burial will follow at Hamrick Cemetery in Collinsville.
Mr. Hodgins, 96, of Meridian, passed away Saturday, March 26, 2016, at the VA Nursing Center in Kosciusko, Mississippi.
Mr. Hodgins worked as a building and roofing contractor until retirement around 2010. He was a WWII Navy veteran, 1st Class Gunner Mate aboard PC587 and the USS Fallon from 1942-1945.
He is survived by his daughter, Glenda Gordon, of Meridian; six grandchildren, Todd Gordon, Brian Gordon, Scott Gordon, Greg Dawkins, Stephen Dawkins, and Ashley Mullinax, and eight great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife of sixty-four years, Juanice Ethridge Hodgins; son, George Terry Dawkins; parents, Reuben and Caroline Hodgins; three sisters, Mayola Vaughn, Irene Hodgins, and Madi Merle Hudson and brother, George Hodgins; five step-brothers, Neil, Rodge, Ray, Bob, and Rueben Hodgins and two step-sisters, Lula Phillips and Java Hamrick.
Family and friends may sign the online guestbook at robertbarhamffh.com.
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