Ray Junior Hodge age 54 of Shepherdsville returned to his Heavenly Father on Tuesday, January 8,2019. He was preceded in death by his father and mother, Jessie Hodge and Shirley Fox; brother, Wayne Lynch; sister, Tammy Mather. He leaves to cherish his memory his wife, Shanda Hodge; children; Eric Jewell, Tasha Bentley, Meagan Price, Sasha Hodge, Jessie Hodge; grandchildren, Zoe, Dakota, Rayna, and Easton; mother, Esther Hodge; brothers and sisters, Tammy Thacker, Billy Hodge, Donald Lynch, Leroy Lerding; host of cousins; and a host of family and friends. Funeral service will be conducted 12 noon on Monday, January 14, 2019 in the chapel at Hardy-Close Funeral Home 285 South Buckman Street in Shepherdsville with burial in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Friends may pay their respects from 2 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Sunday, January 13, 2019 and from 10 a.m. until time of service on Monday, January 14, 2019 at Hardy-Close Funeral Home. Obituary on www.hardyclosefuneralhome.com.
