Pauline J. Dodge

Pauline Johnson Dodge, age 96, died on February 17, 2019. Known to her family as Nanny and her friends as Polly. She lived a long life 96 years. She was born the year women got the right to vote. She was a survivor The Great Depression and World War ll. She was a dental hygienist as a young women when she moved to the big city of Birmingham. She met and married the "love of her life" Charles Otis Dodge in 1951. She was a mother, grandmother and great grandmother. Otis and Polly attended Highland Methodist Church together and after his death she raised her children at Trinity United Methodist Church. As a young mother she was a Girl Scout Leader in Homewood in the 1960's. At that time she drove all of us girls around in her station wagon before seatbelts.When her daughter married she loved the way Phillip could make her laugh. When her grandchildren were born she participated in their lives she taught Jennifer about all kinds of fresh fruit and P.J. where the cookie draw was a made him grilled cheese. She attended baseball games, dance recitals, graduations and weddings. She volunteered and the Salvation army. Was an active member of the Homewood Senior Center where she enjoyed bridge, the Red Hatters and Drumming. She also had a green thumb and could keep all green things alive. When her grandchildren were born they visited her regularly. She enjoyed hearing Parks sing and watching him put things together. She enjoyed watching Ava dance and making strawberry smoothies with her. She was preceded in death by her husband Charles Otis Dodge and her mother Emma Jane Otwell and father Andrew Johnson her sisters Myrtle J. Waldrop and Bertie J. Waldrop. She is survived in death by her daughter Jane Dodge Gibbons, son in law Phillip Gibbons, granddaughter Jennifer Gibbons Harris and her husband Robert Brandon Harris and her grandson Phillip "P.J." Gibbons. Great Grandchildren Robert Parks Harris and Ava Elizabeth Harris. Her son John Dodge and his wife Rachael. Her grandson Johnny Dodge and his mother Cathy Dodge. Great Grandchildren Ciera Lynn Dodge, Patricia Denise Dodge, Charles Kayden Dodge and Jaxon Liam Dodge. Family will receive friends February 22, 2017 from 10-11 at Ridout's Valley Chapel in Homewood. Funeral service will follow at 11. Burial at Elmwood Cemetery.

Arrangements under the direction of Ridout's Valley Chapel, Homewood, AL.