Hodgens celebrates 100 years
Lucille Stewart Hodgens celebrated her 100th birthday on Nov. 28 with friends and family at the Cherokee Bend home of her daughter and son-in-law, Delores and Sam Howard.
Hodgens’ family, the Stewarts, helped build Pell City, where she owned a beauty shop for nearly 40 years.
“She was a very hard working woman,” Sam said.
Hodgens, known to most people as “Ma Ma,” was very active in her church and bred German shepherds.
“She took care of every member of her family and is the strongest person I’ve ever met,” said her granddaughter, Hilary Lanier.
Music and the arts were an instrumental part of Hodgens’ family. Delores was Miss Alabama 1961 and a concert pianist, and Hilary was a ballerina.
At her birthday celebration, State Representative Paul DeMarco presented Hodgens with a resolution recognizing her contributions to the state, and a family member read a similar resolution from Governor Robert Bentley.