Elizabeth "Liz" Hodes was the wife of 📝Alvin "Papa" Hodes and mother to 📝Andy Hodes and 📝Leslie "Mom" Swichkow. The Hodes family has roots in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where Liz was known both personally and professionally.
Gran had a locally aired cooking show in the '50s and, solely prompted by her obituary, her funeral was nearly to capacity—filled with those she’d worked with decades prior. In remembering her, I get the sensation of her. A kind of indescribable warmth. In that way, I think the memories we carry of those we’ve loved and lost are a part of their ghost.
A felt presence that transcends time and space.