Emily Hodges Ligon

LIGON, Emily Hodges, 99, of Richmond, passed away January 24, 2009 at Lakewood Manor in Richmond, Va. Born in Starr, S.C., May 8, 1909, she was the daughter of Roxanne Davis and Baxter Hardy Hodges. She was predeceased in 2002 by her husband of 67 years, Sebastian Cater Ligon. They lived most of their lives in Charlotte, N.C. She was a 1931 honor graduate of Winthrop College and a longtime member of First Presbyterian Church in Charlotte, N.C., where she served as Sunday School teacher, committee chairman and president of the Women of the Church. Her chief interests were church, family, history and genealogy. She served as regent of the Liberty Hall Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the James Lane Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and was a board member of the Hezekiah Alexander Museum Auxiliary. She is survived by a daughter, Katherine Ligon James and son-in-law, Charles M. James, of Manakin-Sabot, Va.; a sister, Caroline Clark of Augusta, Ga.; three grandsons, Charles Lee James and wife, Wendy, of Charlotte, N.C., Hardy Ligon James and wife, Courtney, of Richmond, Va., and Tayler Hodges James of Richmond, Va.; five great-grandchildren, Devon, Griffin and Katherine of Charlotte, N.C., Caroline Katherine and Margaret Emily of Richmond, Va. A private family graveside service will be conducted at Hebron Presbyterian Church in Manakin-Sabot, Va., on January 31, 2009. Arrangements by the West Chapel of Bennett Funeral Home, 11020 W. Broad Street. Memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church, Charlotte, N.C.
This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.