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Vada Rhodes

Female 1906 - 1992  (86 years)


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  • Name Vada Rhodes 
    Born 9 Mar 1906  Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Died 29 Apr 1992  Parkersburg, Wood, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Buried Parkersburg, Wood, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Aug 1954, Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 81 years) 
    Mother Irene Almira McKown,   b. 31 Mar 1875, Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Aug 1953, Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 21 Jan 1894  Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [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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  • Sources 
    1. [S1205] Census.

    2. [S41] Birth Records, Roane Co, WV.

    3. [S21] Obit.

    4. [S15] Marriage Records, Roane Co, WV.