Bessie Hodge, 89, of Morley, MO, formerly of Pollard, AR, died Thursday, April 19, 2007 at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau, MO.  She was born Dec. 5, 1917 in Pollard, daughter of Luther Edgar and Tinna Elizabeth Pollard Evans.  She and Jessie Leeman Hodge were married July 3, 1933.  Survivors include a son, Dairel Hodge of Oran, MO; a daughter, Betty Banks of Morley; a brother, Eugene Evans; two sisters, Louise Cooper and Darlene Potts; nine grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by her husband, two sons, four brother and a sister.  Friends may call at 10 a.m. Monday, April 23, 2007 at Hoggard and Sons chapel in Pollard.  Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the funeral chapel.  Brian Flannigan will officiate, with burial in New Hope Cemetery in Pollard.