Mrs. Marie Broughton age 77 of Barbourville, Kentucky departed this life on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 in the Barbourville Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was the widow of McCoy Broughton and the daughter of Nute Hodge, Jr. and Thelma Hodge, born to them on June 14, 1942 in Knox County. She was a member of the Faith Tabernacle. Marie had been a cook at Traveler’s Inn here in Barbourville and she enjoyed sewing and being with her family. She is preceded in death by her parents and husband.
Left behind to mourn her passing, her sister, Martha Gambrel of Flat Lick and two brothers, Henderson Hodge and wife Anna Faye of Flat Lick, and Jerry Hodge and wife Charlotte of Harlan, nieces, Rachel Hamel of Florida, Patricia Gambrel of Barbourville, Leshia Gray of Flat Lick, Sherry Hodge, and Shannon Lambert of Bimble, nephews, Jerry Wayne Hodge of Flat Lick and Nute Hodge of Cannon. She also leaves behind a host of other great nieces and nephews and other relatives and friends to mourn her passing.
Due to the government mandate on public congregations during the COVID-19 pandemic, the family will have a private visitation and service on Friday evening March 27, 2020. She will be laid to rest in the Tommy Broughton Cemetery beside her husband McCoy. Cobb-Hampton Funeral Home will be in charge of arrangements.
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