Isle of Wight-Surry County-Newport News City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rhodes, E. Thomas Jr., 1978 

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Elam T. Rhoads [sic; Rhodes] Jr. 

  NEWPORT NEWS - Elam Thomas Rhoads Jr., 54, of 15 Holloway Road, died Monday 
in Portsmouth General Hospital. 

  He was a native of Surry County and was a dispatcher for Colony Realty Co. 
He was a member of Tabernacle Baptist Church and its 3-H Sunday School class. 
He belonged to the Handicaps Unlimited Club. 

  He was a graduate of Woodrow Wilson Vocational School in Fisherville.  He 
was the son of the late Elam Thomas & Mrs. Marie Holmes Rhoads. 

  Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Frances R. Swain of Windsor; and nieces and 
nephews. 

  A funeral will be held Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. in Sidney F. Harrell Funeral 
Home, Suffolk, by the Rev. Jack Tesh.  Burial will be in Colosse Baptist 
Church Cemetery.  The family will be at the home of John J. Rhoads of Route 1, 
Windsor. 


Elam Thomas "Tom" RHODES, Jr., of Newport News, realtor dispatcher, 
b. 2 Jan 1924, Surry Co., d. 3 Jul 1978, Portsmouth, 
interred in Colosse Baptist Church Cemetery*, Collosse, 5 Jul 1978, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 56, No. 159, Tues., July 4, 1978, p. 2 

*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 #110333030. 

His parents are also buried there. 

D.Cert. 78-021181 

His father's obits ("Tidewater News," Dec. 6, 1935, p. 4, & donated)  
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/r320e4ob.txt 

His paternal aunt Edna Lee (RHODES; Mrs. William Hurley) GAY named Tom as one 
   of her heirs in her will, recorded 17 Nov 1975.  (IoW.Co. WB39-1:#30-75) 


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