Beatrice W. Hudson

Published 9:59 pm Saturday, July 26, 2014

Our angel, Beatrice W. Hudson, was called home on July 11, 2014. She was the oldest of 13 children, born to the late Amy B. Walker and Tipney Jordan, of Suffolk, on May 10, 1918.

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Beatrice was a conductor of the Baltimore Ohio Railroad during the 1940s. In 1956, Beatrice and Johnnie Hudson were proud entrepreneurs of a luncheonette and candy store in Brooklyn, N.Y. In 1964, they relocated to McKee City, N.J., and she gained employment at Shultons in Mays Landing, N.J., then decided to further her education at Atlantic Cape Community College, where she earned an associate degree in dietary aid. Beatrice worked at several nursing homes as a dietitian and also as a hostess at Zabers Restaurant. Because of Beatrice’s love for children, with the aid of Atlantic Human Resources opened a summer camp program for underprivileged children in the late 1970s. Loving, caring, and devoted Beatrice, better known as Grandma or Aunt Bea, became famously known as the BMX Grandma, where she traveled all over in support of her grandsons’ extracurricular activities. In 1984, being employed at the Atlantic City Race Track, she retired from the workforce, and at the graceful age of 80 she took on the responsibility of raising her great-granddaughter Daneejah. Beatrice accepted Christ as her Lord and Savior, and was the oldest member of Faith Baptist Church.

Family members celebrating her life: daughter Davine Jones, of Egg Harbor Township, N.J.; seven grandchildren: Alfred Jones (AJ) of Egg Harbor Township, Dante Jones, Abdul Jones, David Martin, her only granddaughter, Dara L. Hudson, of Atlantic City, N.J., Shawn Hudson, of Teaneck, N.J., and Darrick Hudson, of Trenton, N.J.; six siblings: Mollie Jordan, of Suffolk, Claude and Goldie Jordan, of Suffolk, Joseph and Peggy Jordan, of Townsend, Md., Sylvia Battle, of Suffolk; 10 great-grandchildren; adopted daughters: Renee Martinez, of Pleasantville, N.J., and adopted son, Julio Quiones (Peaches), of Egg Harbor Township; her loving dog, Nikki Jones; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. She was predeceased by: husband, Johnnie Hudson; son, Darrick Hudson; and siblings: Tipney Jordan Jr., Gerald Jordan, Herbert Jordan, Dolly J. Wright, Amy J. Brown and Mary J. Spear.

Ms. Hudson’s funeral services took place on Thursday, July 17, 2014, in Pleasantville, N.J.