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==Academic, athletic, and civic activities==

==Academic, athletic, and civic activities==

Hodges first attended Northwestern State University, then the state teacher training institution in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], Louisiana, before she enrolled for graduate studies at [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]]. There she was an LSU Lady Tigers [[basketball]] player and once competed against the [[Olympic Games|Olympian]] Babe Didrikson.<ref name=snorris/>

Hodges first attended [[Northwestern State University]], then Northwestern State College, the state teacher training institution in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]], Louisiana. She then enrolled for graduate studies at [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]]. There she was an LSU Lady Tigers [[basketball]] player and once competed against the [[Olympic Games|Olympian]] Babe Didrikson.<ref name=snorris/>

 

 

Hodges was hired at Appalachian State by the first chancellor that the university ever had.<ref name=scholarship>{{cite web|url=http://healthsciences.appstate.edu/sites/healthsciences.appstate.edu/files/HEALTH%20PROMOTIONS%202011-12.pdf|title=Cleone Hodges Scholarship|publisher=healthsciences.appstate.edu|accessdate=September 25, 2014}}</ref> She was long active in the First [[Baptist Church]] of Boone and was a life member and past president of the Rhododendron Garden Club. After retirement from Appalachian State University, she was for twenty-three years the secretary of the Watauga Parks and Recreation Commission and served as well on the Boone Town Beautification Committee.<ref name=snorris/><ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.hcpress.com/obituaries/watauga-county/watauga-county-obituaries-compiled-sept-12-2012.html|title=Cleone Hodges, Died September 9, 2012|date=September 12, 2012|publisher=''High Country Press''|accessdate=September 15, 2014}}</ref>

Hodges was hired at Appalachian State by the first chancellor that the university ever had.<ref name=scholarship>{{cite web|url=http://healthsciences.appstate.edu/sites/healthsciences.appstate.edu/files/HEALTH%20PROMOTIONS%202011-12.pdf|title=Cleone Hodges Scholarship|publisher=healthsciences.appstate.edu|accessdate=September 25, 2014}}</ref> She was long active in the First [[Baptist Church]] of Boone and was a life member and past president of the Rhododendron Garden Club. After retirement from Appalachian State University, she was for twenty-three years the secretary of the Watauga Parks and Recreation Commission and served as well on the Boone Town Beautification Committee.<ref name=snorris/><ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.hcpress.com/obituaries/watauga-county/watauga-county-obituaries-compiled-sept-12-2012.html|title=Cleone Hodges, Died September 9, 2012|date=September 12, 2012|publisher=''High Country Press''|accessdate=September 15, 2014}}</ref>