TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa community is mourning the loss of human rights award winner Ruth Hodges.
The missionary and educator, known to many in East Tampa as “Mother Hodges,” died at the age of 97.
Ruth Hodges was born in 1926 in New York City and grew up during the Harlem Renaissance era.
After stops in Washington D.C., Connecticut, and Arkansas she would eventually call East Tampa home.
Ruth Hodges was born in 1926 in New York City and grew up during the Harlem Renaissance era…