Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rhodes, John B., 1942 

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J. B. Rhodes Dies Four Days After Mother's Death 

  John Burgess Rhodes, 56, prominent farmer of Windsor community, died Monday 
afternoon at his home after being in ill health for many months.  Mr. Rhodes 
was the husband of Mrs. Estelle Hines Rhodes, of Windsor and a son of the late 
John James Rhodes and Mrs. Cornelia Virginia Rhodes, who preceded her son in 
death by only four days. 

  He was a life resident of Isle of Wight County and a member of Colosse 
Baptist Church and Woodmen of the World Lodge of Walters. 

  Besides his wife, he is survived by two children, Ivey Christine Rhodes and 
John Byron Rhodes, both of Windsor; four sisters, Mrs. John A. Coggin and Mrs. 
Martha Lewis, of Windsor; Mrs. Hurley Gay, of Zuni, and Mrs. Chester L. Carr, 
of Collosse; three brothers, Emmett B., Ernest N. and Kenie P. Rhodes, all of 
Windsor, and a number of nieces and nephews. 

  Funeral services were held on Wednesday afternoon at Colosse Baptist Church 
at 4 o'clock by the Rev. Rufus H. Corbitt.  Burial was in the church cemetery. 


"Johnnie" John Burgess RHODES, farmer, 
b. 8 May 1885, Isle of Wight Co., d. 27 Apr 1942, at home, Windsor, 
interred in Colosse Baptist Church Cemetery*, Collosse, 29 Apr 1942, 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 24, No. 5, Thurs., Apr. 30, 1942, p. 1 

*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 posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #110332723. 

No D.Cert. found. 

His mother's obit, which appeared in the same issue, is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/r320c3ob.txt 


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