Condolences to the Hodge family

My sympathy and condolences go to the Hodge family of Marion.

12-year-old Jake Hodge was found dead at his home Saturday.  He was not known to have any prior medical issues and reports say a preliminary autopsy did not determine an official cause of death.

Jake was the son of Dennis and Shannon Hodge, both coaches at Crittenden County High School.

Shannon is the long-time girls basketball coach at Crittenden County.  If memory serves, I remember her being pregnant with Jake and continuing to coach basketball a dozen seasons ago.  She has always been a very accessible coach in terms of interviews, both before and after the game.  Unfortunately, not all coaches are this way.

Jake's sister Jessie Hodge was an All-District basketball player this past season.

Services will be Tuesday in Marion.  According to the Paducah Sun, Jake was an all-around athlete, playing for the Crittenden County U12 baseball team, Crittenden County Little League Football and Basketball teams, and the Kentucky Junior Rodeo Association.

God bless the Hodge family.

Comments

[Randa Leidecker]

Jake?
Wow. He Was One Of My Best Friends.
We Played Basketball Together,&& We Both Went To Sunday School Together. Hed Always Come In Half Asleep, But He Knew Who God Was & He Wasnt Affraid To Share That He Knew He Was Going To Heaven. He Taught Me How To Play Basketball He Taught Me Alot Of Things.
I Love You Mr. & Mrs. Coach Hodge. You Two Raised A Miracle. He Changed My Life.
ILoveYouJake.

[Kirsti Hunt]

I grew up with Shannon when i was a kid. Her Mother Pat and my Mother Ann were best friends when they were in High School and my daughter Carly just thoguht the world of Jake. But i keep you in my prayers

[Charlotte Pierce]

I did not know Jake but Mrs.Hodge his mother is a great woman. You could not ask for a better teacher, shes my social studies teacher and she helps me to understand it better than any other teacher has. I have never heard anything bedb about Jake, just by knowing his mom and dad he has to be a great person! And im sorry about the Hodge familys loss. And i wish there was something that i could do to help.

[peyton]

u know all of us in crittenden liked jake,
he made all of us feel accepted.
he cared and was very funny.i was in his social studies class, and nearly everyday he would put a string in this girls hair right in front of him, it was his joke and all of us laughed.