Thelma Dean Hodge

1907 - 1999  (91 years)

• Name	Thelma Dean Hodge
  Born	10 Jul 1907	Union, Union County, South Carolina
  Gender	Female
  Group	Davidson Direct Descendant
  	Direct Descendant of any immigrant Davidson
  Group	Davidson DNA Family 030
  	Descendants of Robert Davidson and Isabel Ramsey of Rural Hill, North Carolina
  Group	Descendant of Revolutionary War Veteran
  	DAR or SAR Eligible Descendant of a Revolutionary War Veteran
  Died	8 Feb 1999	Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina
  Buried	Aft 8 Feb 1999	Bethel Presbyterian Cemetery, Clover, York County, SC
  Obituary	10 Feb 1999	Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
  	Charlotte Observer
  	GASTONIA - Mrs. Thelma Dean Hodge McLean, 91, formerly of 2313 S. New Hope Rd., died Feb. 8, 1999 at Covenant Village. A native of Union, SC, born on July 10, 1907, she was the daughter of the late Gaston Garrett and Lela Pearl McGaliard Hodge. She was valedictorian at Union High School, a graduate of Winthrop College, and was co-owner and operator along with her late husband, the Leon Leslie ''L.L'' McLean Co.; a Gastonia based real estate development firm. She was a long time member of First Presbyterian Church where she was a member of the Women of the Church, was a member of the Wayside Garden Club, the Sewing Club, The Montreat Scottish Society, Goodwill Club, and author of ''The Family Album'', a history of the McLean Family in Gaston County. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, L. Leslie McLean, Jr and Suzanne Butler McLean of Gastonia; daughters and son-in-law, Rose McLean Whitesides of Gastonia and Nancy Dean McLean and Dr. James Hendry Robinson of Wilmington; and eight grandchildren, Margaret W. Elliott of Belmont, Henry M. Whitesides, Jr. of Belmont, Dr. McLean Whitesides of Marietta, GA, James H. Robinson, Jr. of Wilmington, Albert Lynn Robinson of Charlotte, Leslie Dean Robinson of Raleigh, Elizabeth McLean Brown of Belmont, and Lynn Leslie McLean, III of Gastonia; and eleven great grandchildren. Funeral is 11 a.m. Thursday at the chapel of First Presbyterian Church, with Revs. Wilson P. Rhoton and Rob Messick-Watkins, officiating. Pallbearers will be her grandsons, Matthew Brown, and Curtis Elliott. Interment will follow in Bethel Presbyterian Church Cemetery, York, SC. Visitation is 6:30-8:30 Wednesday at the Covenant Village Parlor. Memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church, Women of the Church, 1621 E. Garrison Blvd., Gastonia, NC 28054, or to Covenant village, 1351 Robinwood Rd., Gastonia, NC 28054, or to the Montreat Scottish Society, PO Box 414 Montreat, NC 28757. McLean & Son Funeral Home, Gastonia, is in charge of arrangements.
  Person ID	I25814	DNA Family 1 Genealogies
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2011

  
  

  Father	Gaston Garrett Hodge,   d. Unknown
  Mother	Lela Pearl McGalliard,   d. Unknown
  Married	Bef 1907
  Family ID	F9266	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Leon Leslie McLean,   b. 5 Nov 1904,   d. 11 Feb 1980  (Age 75 years)
  Married	21 Dec 1929
  Children	1. L.R. McLean   2. N.D. McLean   3. L.L. McLean, Jr.
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2011
  Family ID	F9265	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 10 Jul 1907 - Union, Union County, South Carolina Died - 8 Feb 1999 - Gastonia, Gaston County, North Carolina Buried - Aft 8 Feb 1999 - Bethel Presbyterian Cemetery, Clover, York County, SC Obituary - Charlotte Observer - 10 Feb 1999 - Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina  = Link to Google Earth