Betty A. Hodge, 83, wife of Morgan E. Hodge, died Thursday, June 30, 2016, at Palmetto Health Tuomey. Born January 16, 1933, in Lee County, she was a daughter of the late Ernest Atkinson and the late Mae Brown Atkinson. She was a member of Calvary Church of the Nazarene. Survivors include her husband of Sumter; a daughter, Sheila Matthews of Sumter; a son, Roger Hardin of TX; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren; a brother, Arthur Atkinson (Harriette) of Bishopville; and a number of nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a son, Gerald B. Hardin, Sr. and a sister, Ada Hinson. Funeral services will be held at 2 P.M. Tuesday in the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Nathaniel Brown officiating. Burial will be in the Sumter Cemetery. Grandchildren will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 P.M. Tuesday at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home. Memorials may be made to a charity of one’s choice. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.