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Earl W. Hodges ! Died SuddenlyFORMER ARKANSAS SEC. ! OF STATE HEART VICTIMemu. \v. houghs —i• | New York Oct. la ■/{’ -E'u I W. '-Hedges, 5:), Ilt;i many year- an '] executive of Cities Service Cor-Iporation, iormcr Arkansas se.re-1 ; tary of state anti one-time presi-• ) dent «f Lions international, died i at his home yesterday of a heartIt nek.A native of Newark, Ark., Hod- ; ges was educated in the Newark ■, schools, attended commercial col- iu j'lege and Arkan as law school. He « was in country newspaper work i foi a time and also worked on | newspapers in St. Louis. Later! he was named secretary of the j Arkansas Ihv. s as neintion.1He was sii:,ee:-..-ively late prmt-* | it.g clerk, deputy slate auditor an in 1910 was named secretary of state for Arkansas, which post he , held until 1917. ;Hodges served on various state , commissions and was prominent; in civic affairs. He was a director of the Arkansas utilities bureau for three years and was a mem- j her of numerous gas and electric j and other utilities organizations.h F it l-if- Survivors are his widow and a le son, Clark, ol Fields!one, N Y.f I where the family made their st! home. Funeral arrangements have js i r.ot been completed, lei ir1Ear! Hodges was well known in Camden, naving been hero a number of times. He was principal speaker, at the state L-ions convention held in Camd.cn about ten years ago. A few weeks ago he had been invited to return * here and speak at the Lions pro-•gram this fall.
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Camden Times
Camden, Arkansas, US
Thu, Oct 16, 1941
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