Jean M. Hudson

Jean M. Hudson, 82, of Southside, Alabama, passed away peacefully on Saturday, February 27, 2016 at Gadsden Regional Medical Center. Jean was born in Detroit and grew up in Allen Park, Michigan. She met her husband, Julian, in Kentucky and they were married in 1953. They lived in Taylor, MI, Freehold, NJ, and Chattanooga, TN. They settled in Alabama in 1972, where they lived in Anniston, Huntsville and retired to Southside in 2010. Jean briefly wrote obituaries for the Detroit News before becoming a dedicated mother. Raising her family became her priority. She kept a tidy, organized home and enjoyed waiting on and taking care of others. Jean enjoyed boating trips with her family and friends on Tennessee River in Scottsboro and on the Coosa River in Gadsden. She enjoyed traveling with her twin sister and their husbands, all the while making plans for their next adventure. Jean was a devoted wife, loving mother, adoring grandmother, and a doting great grandmother. Jean was predeceased by her brother, Edward Gray, Jr. She is survived by her loving husband of 62 years, John Julian Hudson; children, Debra A. Moll and her husband, Gary of Jackson, NJ and Kenneth L. Hudson and his wife, Marilyn of Piedmont, AL; grandchildren, Julia H. Morcom and her husband, Craig of Neptune City, NJ, Jessica L. Chisholm and her husband, Tom of Red Bank, NJ, G. Michael Ascough and his wife, Jamie of Farmingdale, NJ, Lauren H. Hatcher and her husband, Levi of Rome, GA, Stephen E. Moll of Jackson, NJ, and Hunter G. Moll of Jackson, NJ; great grandchildren, Makayla H. Ascough, Charles J. Chisholm, Sophie H. Morcom, and Hudson L. Hatcher; sisters, her twin, Joan Velis and her husband, Charles of Traverse City, MI and Judy Crain and her husband, Charles of Homosassa, FL; her nieces and nephews; and many grand nieces and nephews. A visitation will be held at the Thompson Funeral Home, 6340 Old Piedmont-Gadsden Highway, Piedmont on March 5, 2016 from 1:00 to 3:00 PM with her funeral service to follow at 3:00 PM with Mr. Gary McCurdy, officiating. Interment will be private. For those who desire memorial contributions in Jean's name may be made to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105. For information, directions or condolence messages to the family, visit www.thompsonfuneralhomepiedmont.com.

Jean M. Hudson

April 24, 1933 - February 27, 2016