Patricia Ann Hodge, of Long Branch, New Jersey, affectionately known to all who loved her as “Trish”, lost her battle with Stage 4 cervical cancer on Saturday, July 16, 2016, at 12:08 p.m. at the young age of 47, in Neptune, New Jersey. Trish was born in Long Branch, to Jack Carson Hodge Sr. & Delores Mitchell-Hodge, on October 8, 1968. She attended the Long Branch Public School system, and was a lifelong resident of Long Branch. As a happy-go-lucky woman, everyone who knew Trish would say she was one who loved life, and lived her life to the fullest.Patricia we love you, and will miss you dearly. She was predeceased by her father, Jack Carson Hodge Sr.; her brother, Jack Hodge Jr.; her close aunt, Elizabeth Lewis; and her very close cousin, Lonnie L. Lewis Sr. She leaves to mourn her son, Eric Henderson Jr. of Neptune, NJ; son, Jesse Wheeler, of Long Branch, NJ; daughters, Tanaya Hodge and Marcia Hodge, both of Goose Creek, SC; son, Eddie Hodge-Manley of Greensboro, NC; four granddaughters, Lyric Henderson, of Howell, NJ; Jah’era Henderson, Jah’niyah Henderson, and Ny’ell Ruff, all of Long Branch, NJ; her mother, Delores Hodge, of Goose Creek, SC; brother, Andrew Hodge of Lebanon, PA; sister, Vanessa York and brother- in-law, Tyrone York of Greeleyville, SC; sister, Gloria Wright and brother-in-law, James Wright of Ft. Lauderdale, FL; brother, Joseph Hodge of North Charleston, SC; sister, Yolanda Hodge-Jefferson and brother-in-law, Eric Jefferson of Goose Creek, SC; sister, Latoya Hodge of Goose Creek, SC; sister, Jackie Williams and brother- in-law, Gary Williams of Ft. Meyers, FL; sisters, Sharon McCray and Vivian Hodge, both of Ft. Meyers, FL; sister, Jeanette Manley and brother-in-law, Hosea Manley, of Greensboro, NC; sister, Constance Jones of Ocala, FL; brothers, Johnny Roberson and Calvin Roberson, both of Ocala, FL; and a host of Nieces, Nephews, Cousins and Friends. The Family invites you to a Memorial Repast will be held at the Kennedy Towers Recreation Room at 36 Rockwell Ave., Long Branch, NJ 07740, on July 30, 2016, from 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.