2026 SESSION
ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 112
Celebrating the life of John Howard Hodges.
Agreed to by the Senate, March 10, 2026
WHEREAS, John Howard Hodges, an esteemed public servant and former vice mayor of the Town of Ashland, devoted husband, father, and grandfather, and beloved member of the Ashland community, died on August 1, 2025; and
WHEREAS, John Hodges graduated from Arundel High School in Gambrills, Maryland, in 1966 and attended the University of Virginia on a Reserve Officers' Training Corps scholarship, where he lettered in soccer; and
WHEREAS, John Hodges served the country with honor and distinction as a captain in the United States Army's First Infantry Division and returned to the University of Virginia to complete his master's degree in urban planning; and
WHEREAS, John Hodges began his career at Harland Bartholomew and Associates in Richmond before devoting three decades to the community of Hanover County, including 16 years as the director of planning and 12 years as deputy county administrator; and
WHEREAS, John Hodges gave generously of his time for the benefit of the community through his involvement with the Hanover and King William Habitat for Humanity and the Ashland Kiwanis Club; and
WHEREAS, John Hodges was initially appointed to the Ashland Town Council to fill an unexpired term in August 2017 and was elected to that same seat in May of the following year, when he was also elected by his peers to serve as the council's vice mayor; and