Maudie Fern Hodel Obituary (1939

Loving, hardworking, dedicated, and giving, described this lady's life. She was a very special person. She was the greatest wife, mother and Na-Naw to all her family and extended family. She was everyone's mom and Na-Naw. She owned and operated 23 Dairy Queens from 1967 to 2000. During this time, she also obtained her license as a nail tech. She worked as a nail tech at the same salon for over twenty years. She also served the Lord for over sixty years and a lifetime member of Rolling Hills Baptist Church. Raising her children and grandchildren in the church and always teaching them to serve. As a member of First Baptist Church, Midlothian, she served faithfully in the Explorers ministry. Always known as a faithful volunteer she also served in the children's ministry as a bible school teacher and volunteered in the Noah's Ark Bible School. After a lifetime of hard work. She went and fell in love with Dwight. Together they traveled the world. She loved the beach and would talk about spending time walking on the beach and listening to the sound of the waves crashing against the sand. She is preceded in death by her husband of 50 years Jimmie "Sonny" Armstrong & Charles Ray Smith