Drexel Melvin Dodge, age 91 of Rogersville, died Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at Indian Path Medical Center after a brief illness.
    Mr. Dodge was born August 25, 1916 in Grampian, Pennsylvania.  He was a veteran of World War II having served in the U.S. Navy SeaBees in the South Pacific.  Mr. Dodge received a BS degree from George Washington University, Washington, D.C.   He was employed by the U.S. Postal Service entering as a Railway Mail Clerk on trains between Washington, D.C., New York City and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  Mr. Dodge was promoted to Training Officer at the Washington Regional Office retiring as Chief of Training Branch.  He was a member of First Baptist Church, Overton Masonic Lodge Number 5 F. & A.M., Scottish Rite, and was a Charter Member of Jericho Temple AAONMS. 
    He was preceded in death by his parents, Roxie M. and George W. Dodge; sister, Naomi Mason; brother, George D. Dodge; son, James K. Dodge; wife, Myrtle McDonald Bolton; wife, Hilda L. Dodge.
    He is survived by his wife, Eula Morgan Dodge; sons, David G. Dodge and wife, Betty of Warrenton, Virginia, John R. Dodge and wife, Pandy of Bowie, Maryland, Timothy F. Dodge and wife, Cathy of Rogersville; daughters, Judith Ann Peterson of Westchester, Virginia, Susan K. Dugan of Westchester, Virginia; step-daughters, Brenda Bryant and husband, Benny of Dandridge,  Diane Woody of Rogersville; step-son, Gary Varnell of Rogersville; sister-in-law, Miriam Dodge of Picayune, Mississippi; daughter-in-law, Kay Dodge of Colorado Springs, Colorado; sixteen grandchildren and several great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
    Calling hours will be 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., Sunday, August 17, 2008 at Broome Funeral Home.  Funeral service will be conducted 2 p.m., Sunday, August 17, 2008 in the funeral home chapel with Rev. James W. Lindsay officiating.  Interment will be in the Mountain Home National Cemetery.
    In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 508 Princeton Rd., Suite 102, Johnson City, TN 37601 or American Heart Association, 208 Sunset Dr., Suite 113, Johnson City, TN 37604.
    Online condolences may be made at www.broomefuneralhome.com
    Broome Funeral Home, Rogersville is serving the Dodge family