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Loretta Mae <I>Hodge</I> Jones

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Loretta Mae Hodge Jones

Birth
Saint Petersburg, Pinellas County, Florida, USA
Death
16 Nov 2021 (aged 91)
Virginia Beach, Virginia Beach City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Newport News, Newport News City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Loretta Mae (Hodge) Jones, 91 of Virginia Beach, VA, went to her heavenly home on November 16, 2021. Born in St. Petersburg, FL on November 18, 1929, she was the oldest of three daughters born to Oscar L. Hodge and Winnifred (Sealey) Hodge. She is preceded in death by her parents, husband Fred L. Jones, Jr. and sister Lilian (Hodge) Parkinson. She has 9 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.

After graduating high school in Camden, NJ the family moved to Hampton Roads where Loretta completed nursing school at Riverside Hospital School of Nursing, graduating as an RN. She worked at Riverside Hospital and later as a public health nurse. She went on to get her Pediatric Nurse Practitioners License from the University of Virginia. She worked many years on the neo-natal intensive care unit of the Hospital of the Kings Daughters in Norfolk, VA. She later returned to work for the State of VA Public Health Department, working in the areas of maternal child health and child safety.

Arrangements are being made by Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home of Virginia Beach. A graveside service will be held on Sunday, Nov 21, 2021, at the Peninsula Memorial Cemetery in Newport News, VA at 11:00 AM followed by a celebration of life at Westminster Canterbury, 3100 Shore Drive in Virginia Beach from 2:00-3:00 PM in the Chapel.

Published by Daily Press on Nov. 19, 2021.
Loretta Mae (Hodge) Jones, 91 of Virginia Beach, VA, went to her heavenly home on November 16, 2021. Born in St. Petersburg, FL on November 18, 1929, she was the oldest of three daughters born to Oscar L. Hodge and Winnifred (Sealey) Hodge. She is preceded in death by her parents, husband Fred L. Jones, Jr. and sister Lilian (Hodge) Parkinson. She has 9 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.

After graduating high school in Camden, NJ the family moved to Hampton Roads where Loretta completed nursing school at Riverside Hospital School of Nursing, graduating as an RN. She worked at Riverside Hospital and later as a public health nurse. She went on to get her Pediatric Nurse Practitioners License from the University of Virginia. She worked many years on the neo-natal intensive care unit of the Hospital of the Kings Daughters in Norfolk, VA. She later returned to work for the State of VA Public Health Department, working in the areas of maternal child health and child safety.

Arrangements are being made by Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home of Virginia Beach. A graveside service will be held on Sunday, Nov 21, 2021, at the Peninsula Memorial Cemetery in Newport News, VA at 11:00 AM followed by a celebration of life at Westminster Canterbury, 3100 Shore Drive in Virginia Beach from 2:00-3:00 PM in the Chapel.

Published by Daily Press on Nov. 19, 2021.


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  • Created by: Len Clark
  • Added: Nov 21, 2021
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/234189697/loretta_mae-jones: accessed ), memorial page for Loretta Mae Hodge Jones (18 Nov 1929–16 Nov 2021), Find a Grave Memorial ID 234189697, citing Peninsula Memorial Park, Newport News, Newport News City, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Len Clark (contributor 48896768).