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Portrait of Roger Dale Hodge
In loving memory of Rev. Roger Dale Hodge

Roger Dale Hodge

May 10, 1958 – December 13, 2022
Lived 64 years
Arch L. Heady Resthaven Cemetary · Louisville, Kentucky
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Roger Dale Hodge, age 64 passed away on Tuesday, December 13, 2022. He was born May 10, 1958 the son of Dale Hodge and Doris Sparrow Hodge. He was a loving husband to Monica, father to Stephanie and Matthew, grandfather to Addison Noel and a true family man. Roger was a devoted minister and the longest serving pastor of 37 years at Cove Baptist Church, serving in the ministry for a total of 42 years. He loved the ocean and boating with his family. He never met a stranger and was so loving to all he met. Roger was in need of liver and kidney transplant and spent 10 years on dialysis. The call came in for his transplant at 9am and he passed at 3pm before he was able to receive the transplant. He preached is last sermon on Sunday, December 4th on the Christmas subject of Joseph. The Lord allowed him to preach until he was called home.

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1958
Born May 10
1959
Roger was 1 when Barbie made her debut
1969
Roger was 11 when the Woodstock music festival opened
1971
Roger was 13 when Walt Disney World opened in Florida
1982
Roger was 24 when Michael Jackson released "Thriller"
1998
Roger was 40 when "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was published in America
2001
Roger was 43 when Apple introduced the iPod
2014
Roger was 56 when the Ice Bucket Challenge went viral
2020
Roger was 62 when SpaceX launched astronauts into orbit for the first time
2022
Passed away December 13, age 64
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