West Virginia Pioneers

Lelia Mae Thomas

Female 1911 - 2005  (93 years)


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  • Name Lelia Mae Thomas 
    Born 4 Jul 1911  Red Knob, Jackson County, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Died 18 Jan 2005  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Buried Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 

    • Lelia Mae Rhodes, 93, of Ripley, died Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2005, at Jackson General Hospital.

      She was born in Roane County, a daughter of the late Archibald and Emily Viola Westfall Thomas. She was a member of Ripley Tabernacle Church and was active in Ripley Senior Citizens.

      She is survived by five sons, Don Rhodes of Wilmington, N.C., Burke Rhodes and Gerald Rhodes, both of Ripley, Bob Rhodes of Harmony and Harry Rhodes of Salem, Va.; one daughter, Joan Rhodes of Ravenswood; two sisters, Nancy Elizabeth Whited of Charleston and Rusha Jones of Grafton, Ohio; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

      She was preceded in death by her husband, Benjamin Hayward Rhodes; three brothers; six sisters; and one grandchild and one great-grandchild.

      Service will be Friday at 1 p.m. at Parsons-Waybright Funeral Home, Ripley, with Pastor Mark Siers officiating. Friends may call from 6-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Rhodes Cemetery, Jones Ridge near Harmony.
    Person ID I45054  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2011 

    Father Archibald Darnell Thomas,   b. 12 Jan 1868, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Oct 1961  (Age 93 years) 
    Mother Emily Viola Westfall,   b. 21 Apr 1871, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jan 1944  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 27 Nov 1892  Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 

    • RCMR
      Archibald D Thomas 24 Jackson
      Malinda V Westfall, 21 Roane 27 Nov 1892

      1900 Jackson Co WV Washington Dist #151-153 (in same dwellling with father)
      Archibald D Thomas 1/1868 m 7y
      Emily V 4/1871 4-4
      Ina D 8/1895 6?
      Dounald G 12/1894
      Luella 8/1896
      Oscar R 1/1899
      Hamilton, br 10/1866 M 0y

      1910 Harper, Roane, WV
      Thomas, Archibald D 42 m1- 16y
      Emily V 39 m1- 16y 9-9 children
      Ina D 16
      Donald G 15
      Luella 13
      Oscar R 11
      Minnie H 9
      Nancy E 7
      Clyde L 5
      Mintia O 3
      Freda P 9/12

      1920 Wolf Camp, Roane, WV
      Thomas, Arch D 52
      Viola 49
      Luella 23
      Oscar R 20
      Minnie H 19
      Nancy E 16
      Clyde L 14
      Martha O 12
      Freda P 10
      Lela M 8
      Audra V 5
      Rusha O 3.3

      1930 Harper, Roane, WV all born WV
      Thomas, Arch D 62 m age 23
      Emily V 59 m age 20
      Minnie 27
      Clyde L 25
      M Odessa 22
      Lela M 18
      Audra V 16
      Rucha O da 13
      Madge E 5
    Family ID F11288  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Benjamin Hayward Rhodes,   b. 29 Oct 1905, Huntington, Cabell Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1974  (Age 68 years) 
    Married 17 Feb 1934  Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • RCMR
      Rhodes, Benjamin Hayward 28 Cabell, Roane
      Thomas Lelia 22 Roane 17 Feb. 1934
    Children 
     1. William Donald Rhodes
     2. Sterling Burke Rhodes
     3. Joan Rhodes
     4. Robert Burl Rhodes
     5. Estil Gerald Rhodes,   b. 11 Aug 1943, Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Mar 2011, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
     6. Harry Irvin Rhodes
    Family ID F12748  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1205] Census.

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

    3. [S581] Harry Irvin Rhodes.

    4. [S447] Joyce Mertens.