Ruby Blackwell Hodge

Ruby Blackwell Hodge obituary, Union, SC

Ruby Blackwell Hodge

Ruby Hodge Obituary

Visit the Holcombe Funeral Home, Inc. - Union website to view the full obituary.

Mrs. Ruby Blackwell Hodge, age 91, of 180 Robinson Farm Rd., Jonesville, widow of Donald C. Hodge, Sr., passed away, November 13, 2025, at Union Post Acute Care.

Mrs. Hodge was born September 21, 1934, in Union, a daughter of the late William Thomas “Willie” Blackwell and Bertie Ivey Blackwell. She graduated from Jonesville High School. Mrs. Hodge retired from Wallace Thomson Hospital and had previously worked at Dr. Scott’s Office in Jonesville. She was a member of Gilead Baptist Church.

Surviving is a son, Donald “Clay” Hodge, Jr. of the home; a brother, Greer Blackwell, and a number of nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by a daughter, Donna Hodge; three sisters, Lucille B. Harvey, Mable B. Genoble, and Myrtis Blackwell and three brothers, Grady P. Blackwell, Archie Blackwell, and Charles Blackwell and a niece, Wendy Raimondis.

Graveside services will be held at 10:30 AM Saturday, November 15, 2025, at Gilead Baptist Church conducted by the Rev. Randy Burgess. The family will receive friends after the service.

The family would like to extend a special Thank You to Union Post Acute Care and Wren Hospice for their kindness and compassion shown to Mrs. Ruby. May you compassion continue to shine on others.

Memorials may be made to Gilead Baptist Church, P.O. Box 38, Jonesville, SC 29353.

The family will be at their respective homes.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Holcombe Funeral Home, Inc. - Union

310 W. South St., Union, SC 29379

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