Linda Hodgeson, a resident of Signal Mountain, passed away peacefully in Chattanooga on January 15, 2025 at the age of 84. She was born May 29, 1940 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and lived most of her life in the Central community near Baton Rouge. Linda was a 1958 graduate of Central High School and a 1962 graduate of Northwestern State College. She was a Registered Nurse, retiring from the Baton Rouge General Medical Center in 2005.
Linda loved sewing, camping, fishing, and tending to her yard in Central. She was a strong, hard-working, fiercely independent woman, who for many years excelled at being a single Mom providing a wonderful home life for her family. Her greatest joy in life was being a Granny.
She is survived by her three children, Steve Raborn and wife Donis of Central, Louisiana; Tracey Raborn Napolitano and husband Chuan of Monument, Colorado; and Kevin Raborn and wife Genette of Hixson, Tennessee; her 7 grandchildren, Ethan Raborn, Matthew Raborn, Kate Napolitano, Jonah Napolitano, Addie Napolitano, Genna Raborn, and Thomas Raborn. She is also survived by her sister Sue Hodgeson York of Houston, Texas, and many nieces and nephews.
Linda was preceded in death by her parents, William Wesley (Bill) Hodgeson and Augusta Marie Law Hodgeson; five sisters, Bobbie Hodgeson Forbes Kimbrough, Nita Evelyn Hodgeson Sides, Jean Hodgeson Nauman, Judith Ann Hodgeson, Elaine Hodgeson Gardner; and one brother, Jimmie Hodgeson.
Visitation will be held in Baton Rouge at Zoar Baptist Church, 11848 Hooper Road, on Saturday, March 1st from 9:30 am until memorial service at 11:00 am conducted by the Rev. Glen Miers. Interment will immediately follow at the Zoar Baptist Church Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family welcomes memorial donations to the Zoar Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, 11848 Hooper Road, Baton Rouge LA 70818 or online at https://www.zoarbaptist.org/give
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