Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rhodes, Avis L. Hooker, 2000 

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AVIS H. RHODES 

  Avis Hooker Rhodes, 88, died April 3, 2000, in Southampton Memorial 
Hospital. 

  Born in Isle of Wight County, she was a daughter of the late Robert L. and 
Annie Siske [sic; Sisk*] Hooker and the widow of William Jasper Rhodes Sr. 
Mrs. Rhodes was a retired nurse from Southampton Memorial Hospital.  She was 
a 50-year member of the Franklin Woman's Club, a member of the Southampton 
Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, High Street United Methodist Church and its 
Louise Pace Matthews Circle. 

  Survivors include a daughter, Jean R. Boone of Chesapeake; two sons, William 
J. Rhodes Jr. and his wife, Gene, of Franklin and James E. Rhodes of Richmond; 
four grandchildren, Katy R. Walden, Kimberly M. Rhodes and W. Scott Boone, all 
of Virginia Beach, and Elizabeth Noel of Seaford, Va.; and five great-
grandchildren.  She was predeceased by a granddaughter, Carolyn Phillips 
Rhodes. 

  A graveside funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Poplar Spring 
Cemetery with the Rev. Edward C. Johnson officiating.  Memorials may be made 
to High Street UMC, 301 W. 1st Ave., Franklin, VA 23851.  Wright Funeral Home 
is in charge. 


Avis Lillian (HOOKER; Mrs. William J. Sr.) RHODES, retired nurse, 
b. 15 Feb 1912, Isle of Wight Co., d. 3 Apr 2000, Franklin, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 74**), Franklin, 
   5 Apr 2000, 
"Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Apr. 4, 2000, B6 

**Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt 

*Her parents, Robert Lewis and Annie Bell (SISK) HOOKER, are buried in 
   Newman Memorial Cemetery, Oakland Christian Church, Chuckatuck. 

Her maternal grandfather, Confederate veteran Pendleton SISK, is buried in 
   a SISK family cemetery in Stokes Co., NC.  (Find a Grave Mem. #48312729) 


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