Memorials may be made to Bethel Baptist Church, RR#3 Hwy 185, Vandalia, Illinois or the American Cancer Society. HODGES, Freeda R., Vandalia, IL, May 26, 2006 age 71; dearest wife of the late Arthur Bell Hodges, Jr.; daughter of the late Frank R. and Sarah Jane (Jones) Townsend; devoted mother of Richard Hodges, James E. Hodges (Rhonda), Beverly Gerlach (Jeff) and Sue Yates (Kirk), dear sister of Leon Townsend (Cynthia), Nina Scotti-Bahr and the late Lura Sartwell, dear grandmother of 9, great-grandmother of 1; preceded in death by one granddaughter, Elizabeth Gerlach. Freeda was a member of Bethel Baptist Church, Vandalia, Illinois.