Tammie Kay Hodge, daughter of the late James Slocum Sr. and Bessie Cowin Slocum, was born on March 22, 1962, in Dexter, Missouri, and departed this life on August 22, 2023, at her residence in Puxico, Missouri, at the age of 61 years.
Mrs. Hodge was a former LPN for Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri and she attended the Dexter Church of Christ in Dexter, Missouri. She enjoyed being outside gardening, watering her flowers, and playing sports with her kids.
On November 30, 2002, she was united in marriage to Glenn Hodge. Mr. Hodge survives of their home in Puxico.
Along with her husband, she is survived by her step-mother, Patsy Slocum of Puxico, Missouri; by two daughters, Sherri Hooper of Freemont, Missouri, and Nicole Johnson and husband Daniel of Puxico, Missouri; by two sons, Bradley Hodge of Dexter, Missouri, and Logan Hodge and wife Rahbecka of Peletier, North Carolina; by six brothers, James Slocum Jr. of Buffalo, Missouri, Ricky Slocum of Puxico, Missouri, Gary Slocum and wife Allison of Dallas, Texas; Todd Shell of Mt. Home, Arkansas, Joe Shell and wife Teresa of Anchorage, Alaska, and Charles Graham of Phoenix, Arizona; by three sisters, Marilynn Slocum of Dexter, Missouri, Lisa Aslin and husband Richard of Jackson, Missouri, and Cindy Barnes of Mt. Home, Arkansas, by six grandchildren, Jonathan Sanders of Bloomfield, Missouri, Kaylea Hodge of Advance, Missouri, Sofie Hodge of Advance, Missouri, Justin Paylor of Advance, Missouri, Theodore Hodge and Benjamin Hodge both of Peletier, North Carolina; and by other relatives and many friends.
Other than by her parents, she was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, Joe and Rosie Cowin, and by her paternal grandparents, Alice and James Allen Slocum.
Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Saturday, August 26, 2023, from 9:30 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Saturday, August 26, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. with Rev. Jamie Jones and Misti Shuffler officiating. Interment will follow in the Rock Hill Cemetery in rural Puxico.
Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.
