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Eugene Oral Rhodes

Male 1932 - 2010  (78 years)


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  • Name Eugene Oral Rhodes 
    Born 3 Feb 1932  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 30 Dec 2010  Ripley, Jackson, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried Ripley, Jackson, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 

    •   Parkersburg News/Sentinel
      Parkersburg, WV
      Saturday, January 1, 2011

      Eugene Rhodes

      Eugene O. Rhodes 78 of Ripley went to be with the Lord Dec. 30, 2010 at his home following a long illness.

      He was born Feb. 3, 1932 at Belgrove a son of the late Thomas and Mary Casto Rhodes. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War and worked in construction. He attended the Salt Hill Church in Ripley.

      He is survived by his wife of 58 years Ellen Landis Rhodes; sons Ricky (Jackie) Rhodes of Big Chimney and Jason Rhodes of Ripley; daughters Veronica (Randy) Fisher of Ripley, Margaret (Jay) Hambrick of Parkersburg and Regina Harrison of Kenna; brother Ronald Rhodes of Washington, DC; sister Hazel Raines of Cross Lanes. Also survived by nine grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren.

      In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a brother Bradford Rhodes.

      Funeral Service will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, at the Waybright Funeral Home, Ripley. Burial with military rites provided by Ripley American Legion Post 107 will be in the Pine Hill Cemetery. Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Funeral Home.
    Person ID I638  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 18 Feb 2011 

    Father Thomas Carr "Tommy" Rhodes,   b. 18 Aug 1895, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Apr 1977  (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Mary Vienna Casto,   b. 26 Feb 1896, Plum Orchard, Jackson, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Oct 1958, Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years) 
    Married 8 Apr 1917  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Notes 

    • Marriage Record
      Date: 4/8/1917 at John Casto's
      Place: Jackson, West Virginia, United States
      T C Rhodes, 21, Jackson Co, Jackson Co
      Vienna Casto, 21, Jackson Co, Jackson Co
      Married on Easter Sunday

      1920 Washington, Jackson, WV
      Rhodes, Thomas, 24 WV WV WV
      Vienna, 23 WV WV WV
      Carl B, 9/12 WV WV WV

      1930 Belgrove, Washington, Jackson, WV # 106
      Rhodes, Thomas 34 m age 22 WV WV WV
      Vienna 34 m age 22 WV WV WV
      Bradford son 10 WV WV WV
      Hazel dau 7 WV WV WV
      Ronald son 4.10 WV WV WV

      1940 ED 18-14 Belgrove, Washington, Jackson, WV p4A
      #52 owns $400, farm
      Rhodes, Thomas 44 m WV 1935: lived same house
      Vienna 44 m WV 1935: lived same house
      Bradford son 21 s WV 1935: lived same house
      Hazel da 17 WV 1935: lived same house
      Ronald son 14 WV 1935: lived same house
      Eugene son 8 WV 1935: lived same house

      Buried Casto Cemetery, Belgrove, Jackson Co, WV
    Family ID F107  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ellen Evelyn Landis 
    Children 
     1. Ricky Wayne Rhodes
     2. Veronica Lynn Rhodes
     3. Margaret Ellen Rhodes,   b. 11 Jun 1958, Canton, Stark, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Nov 2017  (Age 59 years)
     4. Regina Sue Rhodes
     5. Jason Scott Rhodes
    Family ID F717  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S8] Erma Casto Robie.

    2. [S21] Obit.

    3. [S17] Marriage Records, Jackson Co, WV.