DAWSONVILLE, GEORGIA. . .Tommie Ann (Harris) Hudgens, a current resident of Dawsonville, Georgia, and a former long-time resident of Dothan, passed away early Sunday morning, November 30, 2025 in Dawsonville, GA. She was 90.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, December 4, 2025, in the Holman-Headland Mortuary Chapel with Pastor Cory Solomon, her great-nephew, officiating. Burial will follow in Gardens of Memory, near Headland. The family will receive friends from 10:00 until 11:00 A.M. Thursday at the mortuary in Headland.
Memorial contributions may be made to Alzheimer’s of Central Alabama, 300 Office Park Drive, Suite 225, Birmingham, AL 35223.
Mrs. Hudgens was born in Tampa, Florida during a category 5 hurricane (which her sisters said was appropriate), and was raised in various locations. She was a graduate of Gadsden High School, and received a Bachelor’s Degree in Secondary Education from Auburn University. While a student at Auburn, Mrs. Hudgens was inducted into the Education Honor Society and was a member of the Synchronized Swimming Club. Her granddaughters were taught to swim at an early age due to her love of swimming. Immediately after her graduation from Auburn, she taught in the Dale County Public School System; however, upon her marriage to John, she embarked upon her true life’s calling, which was to be a homemaker creating a wonderful life and memories for her adored husband and daughters. Mrs. Hudgens was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Dothan and the Pathfinders Sunday School Class for 45+ years. She moved to Georgia after John Hudgens’s death to be close to her daughter.
Mrs. Hudgens was preceded in death by her father, Frederick James Harris, Sr., her mother, Catharine Carney Binns Harris, her husbands, Joseph Brinson Phillips and John Frank Hudgens, sisters, Kit Keefe and Betty Martin and brothers, Fred Harris, Jr. and John Harris.
Surviving relatives include her daughters, Kathleen Dyar (Ben), Arley, AL; and Beth Hudgens Massey (Paul), Gainesville, GA; a brother, David Paul Harris, Orlando, FL; grandchildren, Ashlyn Dyar, Sarah Dyar Crockett (Sam), Catharine Massey Wadkins (Jacob), and Abbie Massey; great-grandchildren, Blair Crockett and Everett Wadkins.
HOLMAN-HEADLAND MORTUARY & CREMATIONS IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS. Phone 334-693-3371. You may sign a guest register at www.holmanmortuaries.com. This establishment does not own a crematory.
