By New York Post (U.S.) | Created at 2025-01-03 18:02:55 | Updated at 2025-01-09 15:08:55
5 days ago
The grieving family of the postal worker who was slain in a Harlem deli remembered him as a “great father, a good person, great man.”
Ray Hodges, 36, was a dedicated father who worked tirelessly as a USPS mail carrier to provide a better life to his two young sons, his loved ones told The Post.
“My guy was a good guy. You know what I mean, good brother, you know what I mean. They took one of the good ones from us and all that,” long-time friend, Swagger King, said outside Hodges’ Bronx home.
Ray Hodges brother remembered him as a “great man” who “took care of his family and everybody.” Obtained by NY Post
A memorial site for Hodges is set up outside his home at 350 East 143rd Street in the Bronx. Brigitte Stelzer“Ray Guns was a good kid, you know what I mean, good brother, served the community nice .. He was doing the right thing. He’s coming out of poverty, everybody’s trying to eat. He was at work. That was some wack s–t. We miss you.”
Hodges’ brother was visibly in pain as he sat outside a makeshift memorial for the slain man.
“Ray was a great father, a good person, great man,” his brother, who didn’t share his name, said. “He was an honorable man. He took care of his family and everybody….respectful.”
