West Virginia Pioneers
Vada Rhodes
1906 - 1992 (86 years)-
Name Vada Rhodes Born 9 Mar 1906 Roane County, West Virginia, USA [1, 2] Gender Female Died 29 Apr 1992 Parkersburg, Wood, West Virginia, USA [3] Buried Parkersburg, Wood, West Virginia, USA Notes
The Times Record
Spencer, WV
1992
Vada Phillips, 86, of Parkersburg, died Wednesday, April 29, 1992 at Ohio Valley Health Care Center, Parkersburg.
She was born in Spencer, a daughter of the late Charles Holt and Mary Irene McKown Rhodes. She was a graduate of Spencer High School, Glenville State College and Morris Harvey College. She was a teacher in Roane County schools for several years. She was a member of South Parkersburg Baptist Church, where she was also a former Sunday School teacher.
She is survived by one son, David S. of Parkersburg; two grandchildren; two sisters, Mary Gilkenson of Charleston and Elizabeth Cordray of Parkersburg; and one brother, M.S. Rhodes of Ripley.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph H. Phillips three sisters and two brothers.
Funeral services were held Friday at South Parkersburg Baptist Church, with Rev. Joe Busch and Rev. Gerald L. Morgan officiating. Burial followed in the Evergreen North Cemetery.
Leavitt Funral Home, Parkersburg, was in charge of arrangements. From the obituary collection of the Roane County Historical Society, compiled by David L. Boggs, transcribed with permission.
Person ID I39353 WVPioneers Last Modified 13 Aug 2011
Father Charles Holt Rhodes, b. May 1873, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA , d. 4 Aug 1954, Roane County, West Virginia, USA (Age ~ 81 years) Mother Irene Almira McKown, b. 31 Mar 1875, Roane County, West Virginia, USA , d. 2 Aug 1953, Roane County, West Virginia, USA (Age 78 years) Married 21 Jan 1894 Roane County, West Virginia, USA [4] Notes
1900 Spencer Dist Roane Co WV
Charles H Rhodes 6/1873 m 6y
Irene 3/1875 3-3 children
Bodford son 3/1895
Carda da 10/1896
Beulah da 3/1899
1910 Roane Co WV Spencer
Rhodes, Charles H 36 m 16y
Irene 34 7-7 children
William B 15
Corda 13
Beulah 11
Orlie dau 9
Cyrus L 6
Vada 4
Mabry Singletine son 2
1920 Curtis, Roane, WV # 48
Rhodes, Charles H 46
Irene A 44
Bulah da 21
Orlie da 18
Cyrus son 15
Vada da 13
Mabry son 11
Mary da 7
Elizabeth da 5
1930 Spencer, Roane, WV
Rhodes, Holt C 56 m 20
Irene 55 m 19
Vada 22
Mabry F son 20
Mary Irene 17
Elizabeth 15
Roane Co Births
Rhodes, Willam Bodford 8 Mar 1895 Spencer WV
Charles Holt
Irene Almira McKown
These two must be the same child:
Cardie 10/30/1896
Ellen 11/30/1896
Family ID F11331 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Ralph H Phillips, b. 26 May 1907, d. Jul 1983 (Age 76 years) Married Y [3] Family ID F24098 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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