Brenda K. Hodges, 41, of Malden, Mo., died Monday, Jan. 10, 2005, at St. Louis University Medical Center in St. Louis, Mo.

Born in Malden, daughter of Emmer Hodges and the late Willie B. Hodges, she was a member of the Parma House of Praise in Parma, Mo.

Survivors include two sons, William and DeVonte Hodges, both of Malden; her mother, Emmer Hodges, of Malden; three sisters, Marie Forkum and husband, Larry and Betty Caldwell and husband, James, all of Malden and Barbara Hill, of Bowling Green, Ky.; four brothers, James Hodges, of Malden, Nathaniel Hodges, of Bellville, Ill., Larry Hodges and wife, Rachel, of Cape Girardeau, Mo. and Garry Hodges, of St. Louis and one grandson, DeMonte.

She was preceded in death by one brother, Willie B. Hodges, Jr.

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 15, at the Malden Community Center.

Funeral services will be held at noon Saturday, Jan. 15 at the Malden Community Center with Elder James Fair and Elder Ronald Pulley officiating.

Burial will follow at the Macedonia Cemetery in Malden.

McDonald-Horne Funeral Home of Blytheville, Ark. is in charge of arrangements.