Joseph C. Hodges papers

Collection

Identifier: M0124

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Jospeh C. Hodges papers were received to Dixon Pentecostal REsearch Center on February 19, 2013. It consists of more than 300 manuscripts of his sermons preached during his personal ministry. Also included are personal and ministerial correspondence.

Dates

1947–2014

Creator

Hodges, Joseph C., 1929–2014 (Person)

Biographical / Historical

Joseph C. Hodges

Ministerial File #: 8200

D.O.B – July 16, 1929

D.O.D – March 18, 2014

Joseph Carrol Hodges was born July 16, 1929 in Pittsylvania, Virginia to parents James Frank Hodges and Lena Elizabeth Tucker.

He was married to Bessie Helen Asbury. They had two children; a son, Larry Hodges; and a daughter, Linda Lockwood.

After the passing of his first wife, he was married to Sara Ruth Goodman.

Hodges was a credentialed minister in the Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee).

He received his evangelist’s certificate January 17, 1947, and earned the rank of Ordained Minister on August 11, 1954.

He served as the pastor of local congregations in Cookeville, Tennessee; Woodmore, Tennessee; Dyersburg, Tennessee, McMinnville, Tennessee; Van Dyke, Michigan; Taft, Florida; Akron, Ohio; Mount Airy, North Carolina; Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.

He served as the state Youth and Christian Education director of Michigan and Central Canada.

He retired from ministry in Hixson, Tennessee.

Hodges deceased in March 18, 2014 and is buried at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Cleveland, Tennessee.

Extent

0000 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Metadata Rights Declarations

License: This record is made available under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Creative Commons license.

Additional Description

Separated Materials

Separated items:

1966 Ohio Ministerial Directory

1969 Ohio Church of God State Camp Meeting program

Evangelist Lin Lockwood ministry brochure

Tennessee Church of God history book

Photocopy of Clyne Buxton's book, "The End Times"

One (1) copy of Ohio state paper