Biography: Mary Hodges Grinnell, age 84, died February 17, at Saline Memorial Hospice. She was born in Little Rock, Arkansas, on October 19, 1927, to the late Ligon and Mary Dodge Hodges. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Beall Grinnell. Mary is survived by a daughter, Mary Eleanor Grinnell, of Ft. Bragg, California, close cousins, Leila Springer (Scott) and children, Jackson and Nell and Kirk Dodge all of Memphis, Tennessee, Mary Lou Crane and Lila Sue Romeo of San Marino, California, and many life-long friends. Mary, popularly known as ?Babe,? received a BA degree in education from Texas State College for Women, now Texas Women?s University, and a MA from Arkansas State Teachers? College, now ACU. She began her teaching career as a first grade teacher in Marlin, Texas, before returning to Little Rock to teach in the Little Rock public schools. Mary was the founding principal of The Cathedral School, as well as the first grade teacher, until she and her husband moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where she began as a kindergarten teacher at a public elementary school in University City. After both retired, they returned to Little Rock where she became active in the St. Vincent?s Hospital Auxiliary, receiving one of the honorary outstanding volunteer awards, the Retired Teachers? Association, a Little Rock Garden Club, and Cathedral church activities. Mary loved music and always had season tickets to the symphony. She was an avid gardener and was a member of several bridge clubs. Funeral services will be at 3:00 P.M. Thursday at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Trinity Cathedral Music Fund. www.ruebelfuneralhome.com.