1922 — 2013

LAKE JUNALUSKA — Louise Lineberry Hodges, 90, of Sleepy Hollow Drive, passed away Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, at her residence.

Mrs. Hodges was born in Strasburg, Virginia, and was the daughter of the late Edgar Columbus and Mary Elizabeth Baker Lineberry.  At the age of 20, she lost her husband, David Lee Smith, in World War II.  She and her husband, Ralph, were married for 49 years, before he passed away in 1998. They spent their marriage in many cities, Greensboro, Burlington, Wilmington, Dayton, Ohio, Macon, Georgia, and Tallahassee, Florida, before retiring to Lake Junaluska in 1995.

Louise was a strong community volunteer throughout her life, wherever she lived.  In Burlington, she volunteered many hours for the Mental Health organization there.  As her children grew up, ...