Ethyl E. Hudson

She moved to the United States at the age of 14 and attended Forest Lake Academy in Maitland, Florida where she obtained her high school diploma. Shortly after high school, she began her career as a bookkeeper, after which time she dedicated her time to being a full-time homemaker. She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother who loved taking care of her family. She loved to cook and we will miss her “signature dinner” of pot roast, mashed potatoes, green beans and biscuits. She especially loved to bake cakes, pies and cookies; her grandchildren could always count of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies when they visited her.

Ethyl was a lifelong Seventh-day Adventist and a long-time member of the First Seventh-day Adventist Church in Tampa. Until glaucoma prevented her from reading, she spent part of every morning reading her Bible and studying her Sabbath School lesson for the week.

She was preceded in death by: her husband, Amos Julian Hudson; her parents, Hersel and Ethel Elwin; and her brother, Doyle Elwin; her step-daughter, Jeannie Bramlett and her children, Bryan Baggett and Lynsey O’Berry.

She is survived by: her daughters, Susan Fleming (Michael) and Jana Farres (Ozzie); son, Matthew Hudson (Sonja); step-son, Amos Hudson (Kim); step-daughter, Kathy Boggs (Jeff); her sister, Judy McNab (Al); her grandchildren, Devoni Gomez (Matthew Harrell), Sean Fleming, Brent Fleming (Michelle), Nicole Hudson (Carlton Drew), Ethan Farres, J.R. Hudson (Tina), Sarah Maxwell (M.J.), Anna Graft (Kris), Bethany Yahne (Chris), Havilah Conn (Brandon), Austin Boggs, and Kari Erickson (Matt). Ethyl is also survived by 20 great-grandchildren, as well as numerous cousins and friends.

The family would like to express our thanks to Ariadna Borrego and the staff at Loving Health Care, Inc. in Tampa for the excellent care she was given during the past 2-1/2 years she lived at the facility. They treated her with dignity and compassion. The family would also like to express our appreciation to the staff at Lifepath Hospice for the care she received from them.

A visitation for Ethyl will be held Sunday, December 4, 2022 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Blount & Curry Funeral Home at Garden of Memories, 4207 East Lake Avenue, Tampa, Florida 33610, followed by a funeral service at 2:00 p.m.

Ethyl will be laid to rest in Garden of Memories Cemetery, 4207 East Lake Avenue, Tampa, Florida 33610.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.gardenofmemoriestampa.com for the Hudson family.

Pallbearers will be Matthew Hudson, Michael Fleming, Ozzie Farres, Sean Fleming, Brent Fleming and Ethan Farres.

William Earnhart will be officiating.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Ethyl’s name to LifePath Hospice, 11150 N. 53rd Street, Temple Terrace, FL 33617. https://lifepathhospice.chaptershealth.org/GeneralDonation