Monrow Hodges House
-1930-
Monrow and Addie lived near Mount Olivet where they
farmed and reared their family. Most people knew Monrow as “Fonny”
and the land he owned and farmed is still called “Fonny Bottoms”.
Their son, Rayford received his degree in medicine. He
continued living on the farm with his parents and rode a horse to his
office in Woodville. He began his practice with Dr. J.J. McGahey.
Mr. Fonny bought a house in 1920 and moved to
Woodville. The house bought in 1920 was old at that time, but the Hodges
had a new one built around 1930. During this time he sold drinks and
operated a soda fountain in the W.O.W. building for a while. The site of
this property in 1868 contained a store house and dwelling owned by John
Brown, later by J.R. Woodall. Here they did a good business, ran a
hotel, fed the trainmen and passengers. Also on this site was a
blacksmith shop and gristmill located about where the garden spot is
today. Mr. Fonny used this old blacksmith shop as a barn after he bought
the property.
