Artie Bea Hoggs

Born May 11, 1920, ARTIE BEA (BARROW) HOGGS entered into eternal rest on July 25, 2005 at Christiana Hospital in Wilmington, Delaware. She was known to many as "Bea." Bea was born the third child of six children to the late Anthony and Viola Barrow in Lafayette, Alabama. Artie Bea was a second cousin to the heavy weight boxing champion "Joe Louis" Borrow. She was educated in public schools and was a retired homemaker. Bea resided in Baltimore with her husband, Reverend Oscar C. Hoggs for sixty-one years. They had four children, two daughters, Dorothy Mae and Betty Jean, and two sons who preceded her in death, Percy and O. C. Lee Hoggs. Bea's kitchen was the favorite gathering place for neighbors to eat her from scratch "sho nuff" homemade cornbread and sweet potato pie. The family also gathered there for many Sunday dinners. In September of 2001, they relocated to Delaware and lived with their granddaughter and grandson-in-law. She was a faithful servant of Christ and a devoted wife and mother. Bea was a member of Salem Thessalonian Baptist Church in Baltimore, Maryland where she was the First Lady, served as a member of the Missionary Board and Pastor's Aide Society and was the Church Advisor. Before joining Salem she was a member of Back to the Bible Apostolic Faith Church in Catonsville, Maryland under the leadership of the late Elder Presley Wortham. She leaves to mourn: her devoted husband; two daughters, Dorothy M. Samuels (Frank J. Samuels - deceased) and Betty J. Whitaker (Marcus L. Whitaker); five grandchildren, Danielle Darring (Paul L. Darring), Seina Faulcon (Kenneth Faulcon), Erika Strickland (Anthony Strickland), Frank Samuels II, and Brandee White (Terrence White); eleven great grandchildren, As”a Darring-Campbell (Douglas Campbell), Jennifer Darring, Brandon Faulcon, Paul B. Darring, Christopher Darring, Shantell White, Kenneth Faulcon, Kennia Faulcon, Angel Samuels, Alonzo Strickland and Frank Samuels III; three great great grandchildren, Paris Campbell, TŽa Campbell, Ayannah Darring; nieces, nephews, and a host of other family members.

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Artie Bea Hoggs

May 11, 1920 - July 25, 2005