Lawrence Rivers Hodge, 55, died Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013

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Lawrence Rivers Hodge, 55, died Saturday, Nov. 16, 2013, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center.

Born in Sumter, he was a son of Miriam Baker Hodge and the late Perry Rowland Hodge Sr. He was employed by Boasso America Corp. and was a member of Sumter Elks Lodge.

Survivors include his mother of Sumter; fiancée, Kathy Nigro of Sumter; two brothers, Perry Hodge Jr. (Kay) of Johnson City, Tenn., and James Wallace Hodge of Summerton; a sister, Dianne H. Watford (Francis) of Gable; a special nephew, Perry Hodge III; and a number of other nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. George Smith officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home of his mother, 3185 N. Main St.

Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 or to Eastside Baptist Church, 701 Boulevard Road, Sumter, SC 29153.

Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.