West Virginia Pioneers

Lessie V Parsons[1]

Female 1918 - 2006  (88 years)


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  • Name Lessie V Parsons 
    Born 6 Mar 1918  West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Female 
    Died 15 May 2006  Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens, Cross Lanes, Kanawha, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Lessie V. Parsons Rhodes, 85, of Charleston went home to be with the Lord May 15, 2006, in Cedar Ridge Nursing Home after a long illness.
      Lessie was born March 6, 1918, and was a daughter of the late Maude Ellen and Daniel A. Parsons.
      She was a member of Davis Memorial Baptist Church and also attended Charleston Mountain Mission Church, where she was in the Budd Legg Bible Class.
      In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond H. Rhodes, who passed away Dec. 26, 1990; three brothers and one sister.
      Surviving are her daughter and son-in-law, Dolores “Doe” and A.T. “Ted” Boylen; grandchildren and their spouses, Gary T. and Connie M. Boylen of Stow, Ohio, and Terry G. and Richard Copenhaver of Martinsburg; great-grandchildren and their spouses, Gary T. Jr. and Amanda Boylen, Christopher M. and Debbie Boylen and Alexis M. Boylen, all of Stow, Ohio, Elizabeth M. Copenhaver and Paul R. and Laura Copenhaver, all of Martinsburg; seven great-great-grandchildren; and a host of friends.
      Funeral service will be 1 p.m. Saturday, May 20, at Cunningham-Parker-Johnson Funeral Home, Charleston, with the Rev. Omar Rucker officiating. Burial will be in Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens, Cross Lanes.
      Visitation with the family will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
      The family would like to give sincere thanks to the nurses and staff at Cedar Ridge Center, whom the family will always remember and appreciate.


      Online condolences may be sent to the family at cpjfuneralhome@aol.com.


      Cunningham-Parker-Johnson Funeral Home is serving the Rhodes family.
    Person ID I51504  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 12 Jul 2017 

    Father Daniel Asberry Parsons,   b. 11 Mar 1880, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Mar 1960  (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Maude Ellen Howell,   b. Abt 1887, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 6 Nov 1911  Kanawha County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Notes 

    • Marriage Record
      Date: 11/6/1911
      Place: Kanawha
      Daniel A Parsons, 29, div, Jackson co, Kanawha Co
      Maude Ellen Howell, 25, Kanawha Co, Kanawha Co

      1920 Mill Creek, Kanawha, WV #58
      Parsons, Daniel A 40 WV WV WV weighman - coal mine
      Maud U wife 33 WV WV WV
      Georgie da 14 WV WV WV
      Mary da 11 WV WV WV
      Myron son 8 WV WV WV
      Greenbury son 3 WV WV WV
      Lessie da 1 WV WV WV
      Williams, John boarder 16 WV WV WV
      Parsons, John M son 16 WV WV WV
    Family ID F14276  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Raymond Hayes Rhodes,   b. 23 Aug 1916, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Dec 1990  (Age 74 years) 
    Family ID F14277  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S21] Obit.

    2. [S654] Marriage Records, West Virginia Division of Culture and History.