BRADLEY CORNELL HODGES

October 9, 1964 – April 1, 2021

Bradley Cornell Hodges, 56, was born October 9, 1964 in Bakersfield, California to Alan Vane Hodges and Janice Maurene Cierley. Growing up in Bakersfield, he attended local schools, Franklin and Stine Elementary, Thompson Junior High and West High School, where he played on the tennis team all four years, graduating in 1982. Following High School, he joined the US Army. After completing basic training, he was assigned to West Germany, completing 5 years of service with a rank of Staff Sergeant. He attended Bakersfield College on the GI Bill. Brad continued his military service with 22 years in the Army National Guard and retired with a rank of Sergeant First Class.

While in Germany, Brad met his first wife, Katharina Frederike Herzog and they married in 1986 in Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany. They divorced and he married Marcia (Marci) Lynn Weberg Finston in 1994 in McMinnville, Oregon.

Brad worked for a bank in Beaverton, Oregon and he worked in the lumber industry before becoming a cook, last working for La Rambla Spanish Restaurant in McMinnville, Oregon.

Brad will be remembered by his sense of humor and quick wit. To the end, he kept a positive, cheerful disposition. Brad will be deeply missed

He is survived by his mother, Janice Cierley White and father, Alan (Billie) Hodges, his sister Shelley (Brian) Dunlap and his brother, Keith (Sally) Hodges, his stepbrothers, Doug, Mitch, Kenny, Matthew and Kelly Minton. Also, April (Sam) Scoles, Drew (Debbie) White and Lisa and many nieces, nephews and other relatives.

Visitation will be held Tuesday, April 13, 2021 from 4:00 – 8:00 p.m. at Basham Hopson Funeral Care (620 Oregon St.) Services at the Bakersfield National Cemetery will be private. Memorial services will follow at 12:00 p.m. on April 14, 2021 at Riverlakes Community Church (4301 Calloway Dr.) Condolences may be left on Brad’s online guestbook at www.bashamfuneralcare.com