Bennett Elizabeth Hodge was born in Sebring, Florida on June 5, 1945 to Edgar and Bennett Stallworth Hodge. She grew up in Monticello, Florida, and graduated from Jefferson County High School. She pursued further education and graduated from North Florida Junior College, Florida State University, and later earned a Masters degree in Special Education from the University of North Florida. Bennett worked for Duval County Schools for over forty years. She was an elementary school classroom teacher and later a specialist in special education testing and diagnostics.
Bennett was a committed Christian. She was deeply involved in the life of the All Saints Episcopal Church. She sang in the church choir, played the bells, was a lay reader, and served on the church vestry. Bennett was a proud member of the Daughters of the King, which is an organization that nurtures the spiritual and service life of its members.
Bennett possessed a warm and outgoing personality. She drew people to herself with a special kind of magnetism. Jesus taught that the two greatest commands were to love God with our heart, soul, mind and spirit and to love our neighbor as ourselves. In many ways Bennett pursued this perfect lifestyle whole-heartedly.
Bennett went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, October 1, 2026. Her parents and sister Joan preceded her in death as did her husband Alex Fisher. Bennett is survived by her cousins Tom and Brenda Stallworth, Kristopher and Carla Stallworth, Jeremy Stallworth, Andrew and Jessica Stallworth, Lannie, Abbie, Ellie, and Emmitt Stallworth, Gary Johnson, Steve and Hannah Johnson, Elizabeth, Abiela, and Victoria Johnson, Philip Johnson, Danilo and Esther Johnson Soto, Uriel, Liana, and Stefano Soto.
A visitation will be held on Wednesday, October 7, 2026 from 5:00-7:00 in the evening at the Hardage-Giddens Legacy Lodge, located at 4801 San Jose Blvd, Jacksonville, Florida 32207.
Funeral Services will be Thursday, October 8, 2026 beginning at 10:00 in the morning at in All Saint Episcopal Church located at 4171 Hendricks Avenue, Jacksonville, Florida 32207 with Father Quinn Parman officiating, followed by a committal at Hardage-Giddens Oaklawn Cemetery
