Life in Florida

Uarda with my Grandma Hodges (Roberta McCann 

Hodges) who was my dad's stepmom. She raised him 

and his four siblings, while having five more of her own!

Uarda with Kenny, 1952

Uarda with Kenny

(uh . . . or is that 

Carson!) in 1956.

Hot chick by the pool, 

circa late 1940's.

Uarda, Kenny 

and Aunt Gladys, 

probably taken 

in the mid to late 

1950's

More of the Family History Photos

This is a photo taken around 1920 of 

Uarda Bass and her Father Edgar

Charles Bass. He was a school teacher.

Photo was taken in St. Cloud, Florida.

This photo shows Uarda with her two half-sisters. On the left is 

Gladys Saunders. In the center is Mary Saunders Johnson (mother 

of Brenda and Brockway). Uarda Bass is on the right. (She had 

a different father than the other two girls). This photo was apparently

taken at their mother's home in Ft. Myers, Florida sometime in the 1930's.

Another photo of Uarda (right) with

her older sister, Gladys.  Gladys was

a life-long single person. However, I 

knew her well as she live and worked in

Miami for many years, including while

I was growing up. Uarda first came to Miami

to get a job and live with Gladys, who had come

earlier.

This photo was taken in the mid to late 

50's at my home in Coral Gables, Florida.

This is Uarda, me, and Aunt Gladys.

Here's another photo from that 

1930's photo session in Ft. Myers,

Florida. This is Uarda with her 

parents, Edgar Charles Bass and 

Elizabeth Knowles Saunders Bass.

Here are some more of the family history photos that I have put in digital format. Hopefully, the captions will help you know a bit more about WHO they are and when they lived. Let me know if you have any questions.

Even More Hodges Family Photos

Dera Hodges Cole  (Oldest Sister in Hodges Family)

Edmund Kennedy (Kay) Hodges

(Oldest son in Hodges Family)

Verda Hodges  (Youngest Sister

in original 5 Hodges siblings)

Roberta Hodges (Youngest sister in the whole family)

Audis Hodges Jordan

(Oldest daughter in the 2nd 

five Hodges Children)

A Few More Historical Family Photos

Roy Morrison Hodges in his 

U.S. Marines Uniform, 1917.

He served briefly in France at the 

end of World War I.

Roy and Uarda Hodges. 

Photographed in 1970 by

Kenny after his first year 

at BYU.

Uarda (right) with her mother 

Elizabeth and nephew Brockway 

in the late 1920s.

Uarda as a baby with her father 

Edgar Charles Bass (circa 1910)

Old Historical Hodges Family Photos

Elizabeth Knowles Saunders 

Bass (Uarda's Mom photographed 

the year that Uarda was born.  

Elizabeth was 40 years old

in this photo)

The Alexander Hodges Family in 1902

Shown are Edna Kennedy Hodges in the 

dark dress, Alexander Hodges holding 

Verda Hodges, Edmund Hodges (at his father's right), Dera Hodges (on bottom left),  Ruth Hodges (center) and Roy Hodges . . . 

(moving around at bottom right)

Roy and Matthew Hodges 

(1940s or early 50s)

The Alexander Hodges Family 

(circa 1902-3)

(from left:  Edmund, Alexander, 

Roy, Ruth, Verda, Edna, Dera

Roy and Uarda on Miami Beach 

(circa 1935)

Photos of the West Desert

Sunset on the Ditch Bank-Hinckley, Utah

The Old School, Oasis, Utah

Old Farm Home in Sutherland, Utah

The Largest Population in Sutherland, Utah

Hometown Cowboy, Sutherland, Utah

Here are those photos of the West Desert of Utah . . . taken on January 19th, 2008

Old Man Hodges Starts His Blog

Ok, Ok . . . so all my kids and their friends are BLOGGING like crazy.  So, I guess it's time for the old man to do a little BLOGGING of my own. I'm afraid I probably won't have anything earthshaking to add to your lives in terms of wisdom or brilliant guidance (though I have wonderful opinions that I will always share with you in private).  So, the primary inclusion on my blog will probably be photos of the grandkids, comments about how PROUD I am of my kids and the lives they're living, and an occasional comment or photo about my wonderful wife, Janeal. But since she is a very private person and doesn't like me saying groovy things about her in public, I'll have to be careful!  

Also, I hope to post a number of photos that I have taken or will take, so that you can enjoy the visual aspects of my one and only hobby.  Being a musician and an audio editor, I can't really include a concert or an audiobook here.  So, escape with me to the west desert of Utah for a little insight on how life is in one of Utah's most unpopulated areas.  Several weeks ago, Janeal and I took a trip to her home in the Delta/Hinckley area of western Utah.  She spent time with her mom working on a family project, and I took off, camera in hand, to see what sights I could find in this "other worldly" part of Utah.  Here are some moments that I captured. Enjoy!