Martha Eunice Hudson (nee Gregory) passed away peacefully at the age of 104 in her apartment in Dunwoody, Georgia on January 29, 2024. Eunice was born June 10, 1919, to the late Susie Welch and Charlie Frank Gregory in the Rockville community of Putnam County, Georgia. She attended elementary school at Rockville Academy (the oldest rural consolidated school in the state of Georgia). She graduated from Putnam County High School and obtained her teaching certificate form Middle Georgia College. She taught school in Washington County, Georgia until 1940 when she married Charles Monroe Hudson, Jr. of Eatonton where they settled and raised two children. She was a lifelong member of the St. Paul Church in Rockville where she served many years as church treasurer. She was also a member of the Women’s Club of the First Methodist Church of Eatonton.
As the wife of a politician, Eunice was a stalwart supporter and partner in her husband’s various public service positions through the years, including: Eatonton City Councilman, Putnam County Commissioner, Mayor of Eatonton and member of the Georgia House of Representatives. She also acted as an accountant for the family hardware business for many years.
A private graveside service will be held for the family.
Eunice was preceded in death by her parents, her husband of almost fifty years, three brothers Frank, John, and Robert Gregory, and their spouses, Hilda, Sara and Frances. She is survived by her two children Charles Hudson III of Miami, Florida, and Sue Hudson Halter of Lakemont, Georgia, son-in-law Vern (Pete) Halter and former daughter-in-law Cathy Smith Hudson of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Over the years Eunice was also blessed to have enjoyed spending time with her two grandchildren: Pace M. Halter (and wife Eileen) of Columbus, Georgia and Ashley Halter Frericks (and husband Tom) of Thompson Station, Tennessee, as well eight great-grandchildren Pace Jr., Charlie, and Reed Halter and Hudson, Sullivan, Thomas, Tinsley and Conner Frericks and many beloved Gregory and Hudson cousins, nieces and nephews.
In Lieu of flowers, the family has requested that donations be made to The St. Paul Church Rockville, c/o Mike Jones, 130 Long Shoals Road, Eatonton, Georgia 31024
