Alva Hodge Sr.

Alva E. Hodge Sr. died peacefully on Nov.

5, 2024, at the age of 78. He was born on Feb. 2, 1946, in Anguilla to Wallace Richardson and Myrtle Hodge.



He is preceded in death by his mother, Myrtle Hodge; father, Wallace Richardson; father who raised him, Earl Gumbs; aunts, Argentine Hodge and Flossie Moras; brothers, Anderson Hodge and Arthwel “Tony” Hodge; sons, Alva Hodge Jr.; stepson, Wayne Jones He is survived by his mother who raised him, Sylvia Gumbs; his loving wife, Bernadine Hodge; brothers: Wallace Richardson, Coleridge Morris Richardson, Roland Richardson; sisters: Cynthia Proctor, Jennifer Fahie, Earline Gumbs, Jan Carty, Leonie Richardson, Laurel Carty, Amelia Carty, Carmen Carty, Dainy Richardson, Amethist Webster; daughters, Elizabeth Hodge-Veira and Marva Hodge; adopted daughters, Shemona Cashen and Laurisa Davis Graham; stepsons, Cleveland Jones, Trevor Jones, Terry Brown; cousins, John Glenn Francis, Leslie Ann Hodge, Carroll Hodge; grandchildren, Tenkarra Veira (Lizzy), Menelik Augustine, Ajari Phillip, Mark Perinon Jr., Makeda McIntosh, Kymra McIntosh, Alva Hodge III.

He is also survived by special friends of the family, Harry Maynard, Louise Hazel, Rosyln Mathew, Florine Hassel, Marlyne Adams, Glasco and Helen, and Glaswarth Williams and wife. A friends and family viewing will be held on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, at 5:30 to 7:30 p.

m. at the Divine Chapel. The funeral service for Alva E.

Hodge will be held at Southgate Baptist Church, East End, St. Croix U.S.

Virgin Islands on Friday, Nov. 22, 2024. The viewing will be held at 9 a.

m. followed by a funeral service at 10 a.m.

Interment will follow at Kingshill Cemetery..