Myrtle Beach, SC - Betty F. Hodges-Folks died Sunday, February 16, 2020 at Pruitt Health in Conway, SC.

Mrs. Folks was born in Saratoga Springs, New York. She was the daughter of the late Harry L. and Loretta Oak Hodges.

Mrs. Folks attended high school in Saratoga Springs, NY. She also attended Boston University and New York University. She took many graduate classes at Georgetown University in Washington, DC.

Betty retired from the executive staff-Public Relations Department of the C&P Telephone Co. (Now known as Verizon Corporation), spending 38 years with the Bell System.

Betty was an avid golfer, she and her late husband Arnold were long time members of the Country Club of Fairfax in Virginia and Deer Track Golf Resort. She is a former member of the National Office Management Association and the George Washington Club in Washington, DC. She spent many volunteer hours with the Cancer Society and the Heart Association in Washington and Northern Virginia area. She was also a member of the Telephone Pioneers of America.

Betty is survived by one niece, Marjorie Hodges Haas of Summerville, SC.

There will be no local services. Interment will be at a later date in the family plot in St. Peter's Cemetery, West Ave., Saratoga Springs, NY.

Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church Building Fund , 1001 Fifth Ave., Conway, SC 29526.

Arrangements are under the direction of the William J. Burke & Sons/Bussing & Cunniff Funeral Homes of 628 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs (518-584-5373).

Online remembrances may be made at www.burkefuneralhome.com