Randolph Gay Rhodes

1952 - 1971  (19 years)

• Name	Randolph Gay Rhodes
  Born	8 Apr 1952	Roanoke City, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	11 May 1971	Williamsburg, Williamsburg Independent City, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Buried	Roanoke City, Virginia, USA
  Notes	Virginia, Birth Records, 1912-2014, Delayed Birth Records, 1854-1911 Name: Randolph Gay Rhodes Birth Date: 8 Apr 1952 Birth Place: Roanoke, Virginia, USA Youth, 19, Hangs Self in Jail Cell Williamsburg - A 19-year-old Williamsburg youth died in the City-County Jail here early Tuesday when he used bedsheets to hang himself. Randolph Gay Rhodes, whose address was listed as 471 Richmond Road, was found dead at 6:15 a.m. Tuesday by the jailer shortly after police had visited the cell to serve an additional warrant on the prisoner, City Sgt. William B. Dorsey said. Rhodes, a former Newport News resident, was jailed early Monday on charges of reckless driving, failure to heed a red light and siren, and improper equipment, Dorsey reported. Later the same day, the youth was served with a warrant for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Police returned to the jail at approximately 5:40 a.m. Tuesday with a warrant charging Rhodes with being a fugitive from Roanoke for auto larceny. At 6a.m. Rhodes asked the jailer to place a phone call for him and when the jailer returned at 6:15 a.m. he found the prisoner, who was pronounced dead by Deputy State Medical Examiner Dr. Joseph D Brown III. Rhodes had told authorities his family lives at 416 Dunmore Drive in Newport News. Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014 Name: Randolph Gay Rhodes Gender: Male Race: White Age at Death: 19 Birth Date: 8 Apr 1952 Death Date: 11 May 1971 Death Place: Williamsburg, Williamsburg (Ind. City), Virginia, USA Residence: Williamsburg, VA Registration Date: 17 May 1971 Father: Raymond Gay Rhodes Mother: Marie Johnson Rhodes Cemetry: Blue Ridge Memoiral Gardens, Roanoke, VA
  Person ID	I114545	WVPioneers
  Last Modified	24 Aug 2017

  
  

  Father	Raymond Gay Rhodes,   b. 26 Apr 1910, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 2 Jun 1970, Roanoke City, Virginia, USA  (Age 60 years)
  Mother	Alta Marie Johnson,   b. 27 Feb 1911, Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA ,   d. 3 Feb 1987, Norfolk, Norfold City, Virginia, USA  (Age 75 years)
  Notes	1940 Charleston, Kanawha, WV Rhodes, Raymond 29 WV 1935: lived same place District Mgr, retail food store Marie wife 28 Hornes, Nellie maid 28
  Family ID	F29147	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1036] Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014.