Mary was from a large family and was from this area.
At the age of "Sweet Sixteen" Mary entered a national beauty contest and won the title of "Miss Roses 5 & !0".
She met William Robert Latta while they were both attending collages in the area.
Mary started teaching at Merrimac School in the Blacksburg, Va. area. She then came to Hampton, Va., married William Robert (Bob) Latta at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Hampton, VA. and then became a first grade teacher at Emmanuel Lutheran School.
Mary was highly thought of at the schools she taught at.
The Lutheran School was a private school, here she began to teach children of children she had taught. When she had to medically retire she was the principal of Emmanuel Lutheran School, as well as a first grade teacher there. A picture of her was hung in the school as a memorial to a dedicated person to children.
Upon her death, flowers were sent from the Merrimac School of long ago.
She was a member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Hampton, Va.
Mary was from a large family and was from this area.
At the age of "Sweet Sixteen" Mary entered a national beauty contest and won the title of "Miss Roses 5 & !0".
She met William Robert Latta while they were both attending collages in the area.
Mary started teaching at Merrimac School in the Blacksburg, Va. area. She then came to Hampton, Va., married William Robert (Bob) Latta at the Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Hampton, VA. and then became a first grade teacher at Emmanuel Lutheran School.
Mary was highly thought of at the schools she taught at.
The Lutheran School was a private school, here she began to teach children of children she had taught. When she had to medically retire she was the principal of Emmanuel Lutheran School, as well as a first grade teacher there. A picture of her was hung in the school as a memorial to a dedicated person to children.
Upon her death, flowers were sent from the Merrimac School of long ago.
She was a member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Hampton, Va.
Family Members
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Robert Hughie "Bob" Hodge
1915–1945
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Lena Frances Hodge Brooks
1917–2012
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Harry Preston Hodge
1918–2008
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Maynard Russell Hodge
1920–2002
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Nancy Isabel "Issy/Peggy" Hodge Staples-Johnston-Drinkwater
1922–2005
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Margaret Elizabeth "Maggie" Hodge Fenton
1923–2008
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Bertie Mae Hodge Cromer
1924–2004
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William Henry Hodge
1928–1929
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James Walker Monroe Hodge
1930–1987
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Arnold Lee "Tuck-Tooter" Hodge
1932–2013
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Lewis Morgan "Monk" Hodge
1933–2005
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Patricia Jean "Prissy Ann" Hodge Sweeney
1935–2021
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