Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rhodes, Elam T., 1935 

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ELAM THOMAS RHODES

ELAN [sic; ELAM] T. RHODES 

  Suffolk, Dec. 2. - Elan Thomas Rhodes, 54, prominent farmer of Colosse, Isle 
of Wight County died on this morning in Lakeview Hospital in Suffolk after a 
short illness.  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Marie H. Rhodes; a daughter, 
Miss Frances Rhodes; two sons, Elan T. Rhodes, Jr., and William Joseph Rhodes; 
four brothers, Ernest, Emmett H., John and Kenny Rhodes; four sisters, Mrs. 
Eunice Wiggins, Mrs. Mattie Lewis, Mrs. Edna Gay and Mrs. Dolly Carr.

   Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at 
Colosse by the Rev. J. Sidney Cobb.  Burial will follow in the church 
cemetery. 

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DEATH OF ELAN [sic; ELAM] T. RHODES 

   Elan Thomas Rhodes, 54, prominent farmer of Colosse, Isle of Wight County, 
died on Monday morning of this week in Lakeview Hospital in Suffolk, after a 
short illness.  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Marie H. Rhodes; a daughter, 
Miss Frances Rhodes, two sons Elan T. Rhodes, Jr., and William Joseph Rhodes; 
four brothers, Ernest, Emmett H., John and Kenny Rhodes; four sisters, Mrs. 
Eunice Wiggins, Mrs. Mattie Lewis, Mrs. Edna Gay, and Mrs. Dolly Carr. 

   Funeral services were conducted from the Colosse Baptist Church on 
Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock by Rev. J. Sidney Cobb.  Interment was 
made in the church cemetery, with the following as active pallbearers: John A. 
Coggins, Hurley Gay, Chester L. Carr, Jesse Holland, Willie Holmes, W.E. 
Spires, Mills Spivey and Raleigh Rhodes.  Members of the W.O.W. Lodge, with 
which the deceased was affiliated, were honorary pallbearers. 


Elam Thomas RHODES [Sr.], Collosse farmer, 
b. 17 Oct 1881, Windsor, d. 2 Dec 1935, Suffolk, 
interred in Colosse Baptist Church Cemetery, Collosse, 4 Dec 1935, 
donated obit, publication unknown, 
   posted with Find a Grave Memorial #110333174, 
   by Martha Fontaine Byrum; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 31, No. 9, Fri., Dec. 6, 1935, p. 4 

*Additional information: 

Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #44: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Ron Stewart - is also posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #110333174. 

His mother, Cornelia Virginia (TURNER) RHODES (1859 - 1942), is also buried 
   there. 

D.Cert. 28132 (Suffolk #385) 


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