Mrs. Muriel Blevins Hodges

Muriel Blevins Hodges of 4350 Old Town Drive, Winston-Salem, NC, died peacefully at home Saturday, February 23, 2019.

Muriel was born March 13, 1923, in Surry County to Walter and Beatrice Nance Blevins and grew up in Dobson. She was retired from Western Electric Company in Winston-Salem with nearly 30 years of service.

Muriel is survived by a daughter-in-law, Sharon Gates-Hodges of the home; a step-granddaughter, Taryn Campbell of Dobson; step-great-grandchildren, Noah Campbell and Natalyn Freeman of Dobson; nephews and nieces, David Tuttle of Chapel Hill, NC, Barbara Eudy of Charlotte, NC, Albert Tuttle of Wilmington, NC, and Catherine Armfield of Niceville, Fl, and special friend, Betty Bumgardner of Winston-Salem, NC.

She was predeceased by her husband, Vernon Hodges; her son, Dennis Hodges; three sisters, Audrey Blevins, Barbara Steele, and Mary Nance Tuttle; and two brothers, Chester Blevins and Maurice Blevins.

A funeral service will be held 2:00 PM Tuesday, February 26, 2019, in the chapel of Moody-Davis Funeral Home in Dobson.  Burial will follow in the Riggans Family Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Tuesday from 1:00 PM until the time of the service at Moody-Davis Funeral Home. The family request in lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105, or to the Mountain Valley Hospice and Palliative Care, 401 Technology Lane, Suite 200, Mt. Airy, NC 27030.