Anyone remember Jimmy Hodges?

Jimmy came to my hometown of Newnan,Ga. We talked a while and decided to play. Played for a while, back and forth and he came out winning. Could'nt believe he could beat me though. I asked him to come thinking I could beat him. He beat me even worse. Really liked the guy,
 
Jimmy was always a smart guy and a good player. He realized early on that owning a room was a better way to make a living than beating the roads forever. He's about my age and probably laying up somewhere in a nice pad with a mil in cash and another mil in the bank. Enjoying life! :thumbup:
 
Paul Schofield said:
I looked in a log that I kept. I played Jimmy a 24 hour session in 1977 in a little poolroom in Boone NC. No one was ever ahead anything worth mentioning. We quit even. It was just too hard. Man, I liked his game. Two-shot push-out has always been the best way to gamble at Nine-Ball. He was a great push-out artist.....smart player.
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Here's the story regarding Jimmy Hodges, as I was in Boone, NC in school from 1974 to 1978, and I played often in this poolroom. In a trip to this small town poolroom in Boone in March of 1975, playing against some local high rollers who had no idea who Jimmy was and were not even close his speed as a pool player, he banked enough $$ in one month playing those guys to open up his first poolroom in SC. With good investments and business sense, he never looked back.

FYI, this is an old thread, but I was just curious in researching Jimmy Hodges to see if there were any threads on AZ about him, and I stumbled across this one, which I just thought I'd add this to.
 
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ChrisinNC said:
Here's the story regarding Jimmy Hodges, as I was in Boone, NC in school from 1974 to 1978, and I played often in this poolroom. In a trip to this small town poolroom in Boone in March of 1975, playing against some local high rollers who had no idea who Jimmy was and were not even close his speed as a pool player, he banked enough $$ in one month playing those guys to open up his first poolroom in SC. With good investments and business sense, he never looked back.

FYI, this is an old thread, but I was just curious in researching Jimmy Hodges to see if there were any threads on AZ about him, and I stumbled across this one, which I just thought I'd add this to.
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According to rumor, he was going to open another business after Gametime/Riptide was sold but to my knowledge nothing has happened yet.
 
Jimmy Hodges passed away a few weeks ago they found him in his mother's old house said been dead for 6 weeks I was told he owned cue time in Mauldin SC then build a bigger place called game time in Greenville SC he was a good guy ft inn Red Bob King both have passed away corkey Garrett and his brother Keith to Don Stevens and Ray Cheeks are still alive I see Ray Cheeks at the restaurant in Greenville SC eating breakfast
 
little willie said:
Jimmy Hodges passed away a few weeks ago they found him in his mother's old house said been dead for 6 weeks I was told he owned cue time in Mauldin SC then build a bigger place called game time in Greenville SC he was a good guy ft inn Red Bob King both have passed away corkey Garrett and his brother Keith to Don Stevens and Ray Cheeks are still alive I see Ray Cheeks at the restaurant in Greenville SC eating breakfast
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Sorry to hear this. I think he was a few years younger than me, maybe mid to late 60's now.
 
Hate to hear of his passing. Thinking he was 70 same age as me. We met back in 78 when he made his way through my area of Va. He beat me the first time we matched up. Next time we played we both broke even except for the time on the table, That was around 1980 down in Carolina,
Always played a consistent speed and took home the cash. Good road player and knew how to move when playing 2 shot foul. RIP Jimmy
 
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