Mr. Harry Tell Hodges

January 28, 1923 - April 29, 2022

Mr. Harry Tell Hodges, 99, passed away on Friday, April 29, 2022 at his residence surrounded by his family. Harry Tell was the youngest son born at the family home place in Blue Springs to the late Claude and Sadie Hodges. He attended school in Newington and served in the Merchant Marines during WWII. He farmed for all of his life and had logged and operated a sawmill during in the 1950’s. He was a member of the Sylvania First Baptist Church, a former member of North Newington Baptist Church and the Sylvania Lions Club. He loved to hunt and fish and was a member of Tuckahoe and Spring Lake Hunting Clubs. He is preceded in death by his wife of 67 years, Virginia Arrington Hodges, his siblings: Tillman Hodges, Clayton Hodges, Ollie Mae Thornton, Quentin Hodges, and Claude Hodges, Jr. He is survived by his daughters: Elaine H. Millsap of Sylvania, Marsha H. Chastain of Sautee Nacoochee, GA and Rachel Hodges of Sylvania; son and daughter-in-law: Kerry (Lisa) Hodges of Sylvania; grandchildren: Jennifer (Matthew) Conklin, Joel (Amy) Millsap, Michael (Stormee) Newton, Brian Millsap, Hillary (James) Dixon, and Matt Hodges; great-grandchildren: Savannah Conklin, Journey Conklin, Makenzie Newton, Micah Newton, Henry Millsap, Ethan Dixon, and Jase Dixon; sister, Uldine Cannon of Savannah, brother-in-law, W. A. (Loretta) Arrington, numerous nieces and nephews and many many close friends. Funeral services will be on Monday, May 2, 2022 at 3:00pm at the First Baptist Church of Sylvania with Dr. Charlie Cooper, Rev. Pete Wall, and Rev. Bill Kent officiating. The family will receive friends in the Family Life Center from 1:00pm to 3:00pm. Interment will follow at the Screven County Memorial Cemetery. Pallbearers will be his grandsons, Joel Millsap, Brian Millsap, Michael Newton, Matt Hodges, Matthew Conklin, James Dixon, as well as Chip Bazemore, Sr., Brian Batzel, and Jay Brinson. For those in attendance of the services of Mr. Hodges, please consider yourselves as honorary pallbearers. Friends may sign the online register book at www.joineranderson.com. In Lieu of Flowers, donations can be made to St. Jude's Children's Hospital at https://www.stjude.org/donate/ Joiner Anderson Funeral Home Screven Chapel is in charge of all arrangements.