She was born and reared in McNairy County, the daughter of the late William E. and Marie Flowers Hodge. She was married to Charles Denbow in 1951. They lived in Southeast, MO and in Elkhart, IN for seventeen years and moved back toMasseyville in 1965.
She is survived by her husband Charles Denbow of Bethel Springs; a daughter Rita Stack and her husband Wilton of Bethel Springs; three sons Jerry Denbow of Bethel Springs, Steve Denbow and his wife Ann of Luray and Calvin Denbow and his wife Jan of Henderson; nine grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren; a brother James Hodge and two sisters Betty Ford of Elkhart, IN and Teresa Debon of South Bend, IN.