AVA J. HEDGEPETH, daughter of the late Robert and Gertrude Eades, was born on December 14, 1947 in Baltimore, Maryland. She received her education in the Baltimore City Public School System where she graduated from Frederick Douglass High School. She worked at Sweetheart Cup Company for thirty years and later retired from Solo Cup Company. She was married to the late Joseph Hedgepeth. She leaves to mourn: three children, Pauline Hedgepeth, Dominic Hedgepeth and Richard Hedgepeth; three grandchildren, Dominic Hedgepeth Jr., Shadae Artson and Davia Petty; one great-grandchild, Sincear Artson; one brother, James Eades Sr.; and one sister, Christine Littlejohn; two sisters-in-law, Susie Eades and Lorraine Rouzer; one brother-in-law, Andrew Littlejohn; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. She was preceded in death by three brothers, William Rouzer Sr., Isaiah Rouzer and Edward Eades; and one sister, Doretha Wallace.