Taliaferro County GaArchives Obituaries.....Rhodes, Joseph A. "Joe" December 21, 1935 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Rhoda Taylor Fone http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00012.html#0002953 February 26, 2006, 9:52 pm The Augusta Chronicle, December 25, 1935 RITES IN TALIAFERRO FOR JOSEPH A. RHODES Crawfordville, Ga., Dec. 24 – Joseph A. Rhodes, age 55, a native of Taliaferro county, died at his home in Macon Saturday night and the funeral was conducted from the Baptist church here Monday afternoon, the Rev. George C. Steed conducting the services. Mr. Rhodes was for many years in the mercantile business here before moving to Macon some eight years ago, where he had been in business since. He was a prominent member of the Baptist church and took an active interest in all the phases of its work. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Geneveve Griffith Rhodes; one son, William Joseph Rhodes; one sister, Mrs. F. C. Chapman, of this place, and three brothers, J. H. Rhodes, of Union Point, S. E. Rhodes, of Mt. Dorah, Fla., and Holcombe Rhodes, of Crawfordville. Additional Comments: Joseph A. “Joe” Rhodes was born September 13, 1879, Taliaferro Co., died December 21, 1935, son of William Chapman Rhodes and Rachel Ann Judson Chapman. He was married December 10, 1902, Taliaferro Co., to Genevive Griffith. SOURCES: Census records and Taliaferro Marriage Book C; World War I Draft Registration Card; Tombstone Inscription. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/taliaferro/obits/r/rhodes3898gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb