Nansemond-Accomack County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rhodes, Henry O., 1952 

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HENRY O. RHODES 

  Henry Orin Rhodes, a retired oysterman, aged 84, died Sunday at 11 a.m. at 
the home of his sister, Mrs. Emma Martin, Eclipse.  He is the son of the late 
G.W. and Mrs. Mary Etta Rhodes. 

  He was a native of Long Island, New York, and until recently had lived on 
Eastern Shore.  Other than his sister, he is survived by a number of nieces 
and nephews. 

  The body will be taken from the R.W. Baker and Company Funeral Home to Mt. 
Zion Christian Church, Eclipse, for services Tuesday morning at 10 a.m. to be 
conducted by the Rev. Walter Richardson.  Burial will be in Wachapreague 
Cemetery on Eastern Shore at 3:30 p.m. 

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Rites Held Today For Henry Rhodes 

  Funeral services for Henry Orin Rhodes, who died Sunday, were conducted this 
morning at 10 a.m. at the Mt. Zion Christian Church, Crittenden, by the Rev. 
Walter Richardson, pastor. 

  The church choir, accompanied by Mrs. George Dixon, sang "Abide With Me" and 
"The Sweet Bye and Bye." 

  Active pallbearers were O.W. Crittenden, Jr., Joseph Turner, G.B. Martin, 
Joseph August, Merrill Williams, and Willis Cross. 

  Burial was at Wachapreague cemetery on Eastern Shore. 


Henry Orin RHODES, retired oysterman, 
b. 12 Nov 1867, Sayville, Suffolk Co., NY, 
d. 2 Mar 1952, at sister's home, Eclipse, 
interred in Wachapreague Cemetery*, Wachapreague, Accomack Co., 4 Mar 1952, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 30, No. 53, Mon., Mar. 3, 1952, p. 3; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 30, No. 54, Tues., Mar. 4, 1952, p. 3 

*Additional information: 

Photo of his gravestone & family plot - added by Linda Dukes and Corey & 
   Douglas Marshall-Steele - are posted with Find a Grave Memorial #16659092. 

D.Cert. 7279 (Chuckatuck Dist.) gives son of George Washington & Mary Etta 
   (ROSE) RHODES; widower of Mary (LEWIS) RHODES. 

His sister Emma Etta (RHODES; Mrs. William Thomas) MARTIN (1880 - 1960) 
   is buried in a MARTIN family cemetery, Eclipse. 
   Nansemond Co. Miscellaneous Cemeteries, Vol. 4 (NV-IV-13), an extension 
   of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/nanvol4.txt 

Their father may have served in the USN during the Civil War. 


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