Paul Edwin Hodges died at the age of 78 on Thursday, May 27, 2010 at the Mercy Residential Hospice in Halls. He is survived by his loving wife of 55 years, Sue Jane Hodges; along with four children, Mike Hodges and wife Cyndi of Hendersonville, NC, Eddie Hodges and wife Nancy of Powell, TN, Jennifer Delaney of Loudon, TN, and John Hodges of Knoxville, TN; and five grandchildren, Rebecca, Charles, Rachel, Morgan and Victoria. For over 50 years, Mr. Hodges' work in Knoxville had a significant impact on the research and development of scientific technology in areas of international and national intellectual property law. He concluded his work with Pitts and Brittian, P.C., where he served as "Of Counsel" from 1998 to his death. Mr. Hodges was a recognized member of the Tennessee Bar Association, American Intellectual Property Law Association, Tennessee Intellectual Property Law Association (cofounder and former member Board of Directors), Carolina Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law Association and American Chemical Society. But most of all he is remembered as a man of integrity who left a legacy of loving God, his church and his family.