Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Thorne, Maudie V. Rhodes, 1943 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ Mrs. M. R. Thorne [sic*] Of Windsor Buried Tuesday Mrs. Maudie Rhodes Thorne, 50 [sic*], wife of M.L. Thorne, of the Windsor community, died in a Suffolk hospital Sunday afternoon after an illness of a week. She was a daughter of the late W. Thomas and Mrs. Irene Spivey Rhodes of Isle of Wight, and was a member of Antioch Christian Church and of the Ladies Aid Society of the Church. Besides her husband, Mrs. Thorne is survived by two sons, Wilbur and Lawton Thorne, both of Norfolk; two brothers, J.E. and Oscar Rhodes, of Zuni; and one grandchild. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Antioch Christian Church by the Rev. Fred T. Wright. Burial was in the church cemetery. Maudie Virginia (RHODES; Mrs. Miniard L. "Cricket") THORNE, b. circa May 1888*, Isle of Wight Co., d. 19 Sep 1943, Suffolk, interred in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery*, near Windsor, 21 Sep 1943, "Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 26, No. 27, Thurs., Sep. 23, 1943, p. 1 *Additional information: Antioch list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/antioch.txt Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #20: http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html Their monumument shows THORN - Minard L. "1877 - 1948" & Maudie V. "1886 - 1943." A photo of it is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #104921702 &c. D.Cert. 19529 (Suffolk #264) gives b. 16 Nov 1897, daughter of Thomas T. RHODES. The 1900 Census - Windsor Dist., Isle of Wight Co. - gives b. May 1888. Her husband's WW-I draft card gives Miniard Lucius THORNE. Her husband's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Feb. 21, 1948, p. 1), which gives Miniard Leonard THORNE, is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/t650m2ob.txt Her parents are buried in Colosse Baptist Church Cemetery, Collosse. {IWCHS GSSTF report #44} Her sister Ella Lula RHODES m. Miniard's brother Ryland Sidney THORNE. They are also buried at Collosse. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/t650m1ob.txt