West Virginia Cemetery Preservation Association:Rhodes Cemetery Cemetery, Roane Co.

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Cemetery Name:	Rhodes Cemetery	Click on image above to enlarge
County:	Roane
USGS Quad:	Kentuck Map
Coordinates:	38.69350ºN -81.50555ºW
Maintained by:	unknown
Land owner	unknown
Date last visited	June 2012
Condition of cemetery**:	Excellent
Accessibility:	Easy Access. From Ripley, take I-77 south and exit 132. Turn right onto Co Rd 21 (Old US 21) and proceed 1.4 miles. Turn left onto Co Rd 21/28 (Grassslick Rd) and go 0.4 mile. At intersection, turn left (north) onto Winters Rd (Co Rd 36/2) and proceed 0.6 mile. At this point Winters Rd becomes Co Rd 36/8. Proceed another 0.4 mile on Winters Rd. Turn right (southeast) at intersection with Southall Ridge (Co Rd 36). Stay on Co Rd 36 for 3.4 miles. Continue on Co Rd 34/5/Grasslick Staats Mill for 0.3 mile. Continue onto Co Rd 36/Haw Run for 2.1 miles. Continue on Co Rd 36/Alpine Ridge Rd fo 4.8 miles. Continue on Co Rt 30/4 (Jones Ridge Rd) for 1.8 miles. Turn left onto Co Rt 15/5 Jones Ridge Rd for 1.6 miles. Turn right for 0.2 mile to Rhodes Cem.
Condition of cemetery as observed on the given date - may not be representative of care at other times of the year Scale: Excellent - Good - Fair - Poor - Abandoned**

Last Name:	First Name:	Born:	Died:	Inscription:	Photo:	Source:
Crihfield	Carlos Leroy	14 July 1959	29 April 1978	"PV1 US ARMY"
Good	Alpha	1880	1959	[shared stone]
Good	Pearl I	1888	1954	[shared stone]
Holley	W Earl	23 June 1907	6 April 1976	"OUR FATHER WHICH ART IN HEAVEN" [shared stone]
Holley	Dorothy	20 July 1929	11 June 2007	"OUR FATHER WHICH ART IN HEAVEN" [shared stone]
Holdstein	Frank	7 July 1928	18 June 1985	"US ARMY"
Holstein	Tambra K	1959	1959
Parsons	Benjamin F	31 May 1905	7 August 1984	[Son of McClellan Parsons and Martha Crihfield]
Parsons	Martha O	12 July 1910	30 September 1968	[Parents of Jacob Parsons Sr] "TILL WE SHALL MEET AND NEVER PART"
Parsons	Coy			[believed to be brother of Hoyt S Parsons, son of McClellan Parsons]
Parsons	Dorsie C	1908	1987	[son of McClellan Parsons]
Parsons	Freda P	1909	1998	[shared stone]
Parsons	Rev. George Stafford	2 February 1907	22 January 1981	[Son of William Henderson Parsons and Mary Shumaker] William H was brother to McClellan Parsons]
Parsons	Loy Ethel	25 May 1901	16 June 1982	[shared stone] "AT REST"
Parsons	Hoyt	1899		[Son of McClellan and Matilda Parsons] [Believed to be brother of Coy, Dorsie and Roy]
Parsons	Jacob C 'JAKE'	10 December 1935	16 January 2012	[Son of Benjamin F Parsons and Martha O Rhodes]
Parsons	Joyce A 'SISSY'	23 July 1936	29 April 2001	"MARRIED APR 14, 1956"
Parsons	James C	25 February 1945		[Married April 1, 1965]
Parsons	Roberta Calm Murdock	14 October 1947	20 March 2003	[Married April 1, 1965]
Parsons	McClellan (M. C.) Parsons	4 November 1866	1 June 1931	"In after times we will meet Him" [Son of Field Parsons and Louisa Westfall] [Spouse of Matilda Crihfield] [Father of Hoyt S, Benjamin F, Dorsie]
Parsons	M. C.	26 July 1872	10 October 1912	"In another time we will meet her"
Parsons	Roy			[Believed to be son of McClellan and brother of Hoyt S]
Parsons	Sarena	1855	1914	[Dau of Field Parsons, sister of McClellan Parsons]
Rhodes	Benjamin Hayward	1905	1974	[Son of Jerome Rhodes]
Rhodes	Lelia (Thomas)	1911	2005	[shared stone] [Married Feb 17, 1934]
Rhodes	Carl Wendell Sr	12 June 1937	30 April 1998	"GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN" [Spouse of Doris Day Williams]
Rhodes	Cary A	25 June 1916	28 September 1918	[Daughter of Daniel Rhodes and Annie Hardman]
Rhodes	Daniel	1890	1968	[Daniel is son of William A H Rhodes]
Rhodes	Annie Hardman	1895	1978	[Daniel and Annie are parents of James, Gertrude, Ruth, Demmie]
Rhodes	Daniel C	1 January 1922	27 December 1924
Rhodes	Delbert	12 February 1913	13 February 1913
Rhodes	Demmie Mae	11 April 1930	26 October 1933	[Daughter of Daniel Rhodes and Anna Hardman]
Rhodes	Doris Day Williams	16 June 1938	28 August 1981	"MOTHER" "THE WORLDS GREATEST MOTHER" [Spouse of Carl W Rhodes]
Rhodes	Esau Franklin	24 April 1908	27 April 1957	"WEST VIRGINIA" "PVT BTRY E 2 COAST ARTY" [Son of Jerome and Sarah Rhodes]
Rhodes	Estil Gerald	11 August 1943	12 March 2011	[Son of Benjamin Hayward Rhodes and Lelia Mae Thomas]
Rhodes	Guy Arden	11 May 1908	19 July 1962	"WEST VIRGINIA" "PVT ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT" "WORLD WAR II" [Son of Jacob and Lyda]
Rhodes	George W 'WASHIE'	May 15 1878	4 May 1948	[Son of Joseph Rhodes and Sarah]
Rhodes	Minnie Mae	15 September 1877	8 June 1957	[shared stone]
Rhodes	Hamon J	1917	1966	[Son of Jacob C and Lydia Rhodes]
Rhodes	Harry	1915	1917
Rhodes	Harry H	7 October 1928	4 July 1929
Rhodes	Jacob	9 October 1885	1 July 1970	"DAD" [Son of William A H Rhodes] [Spouse of Lydia] [Father of Velvie, Hamon, Velta]
Rhodes	James	2 August 1899	15 November 1963	"WEST VIRGINIA" "1ST SGT CO D 150 INFANTRY" [Son of William A H and Syriabeth (aka Samantha) Rhodes]
Rhodes	James O	11 June 1918	5 July 1990	"S1 US NAVY" "WORLD WAR II" [Son of Daniel Rhodes]
Rhodes	Hazel M	2 November 1923	31 March 2004	[shared stone]
Rhodes	Jerome E	1880	1935	[shared stone] [Parents of William N, Benjamin H, Esau F, Mary]
Rhodes	Sarah J	1881	1971
Rhodes	Joseph	1816	1901	"13 Co K WV INF" [very difficult to read] [Joseph is spouse of Sarah Starcher (married July 28, 1839), and father of William A H Rhodes]
Rhodes	Lenore Denise	28 December 1964	1 December 1981
Rhodes	Mary	1910	1910
Rhodes	Mary E	25 June 1914	8 April 1916
Rhodes	Masilvia Lynn	1990	1990	"Our Little Angel" "Dau of Steve and Lisa"
Rhodes	Neal	1928	1929
Rhodes	Ronald	1961	1961
Rhomenus	Hubert Kenneth	5 November 1929	12 February 2012	"US ARMY" "WWII KOREA VIETNAM" "BRONZE STAR METAL W/V" "PURPLE HEART"
Thomas	Dennie C	3 October 1911	17 January 1995	"FATHER"
Thomas	Gertrude E	17 December 1919	30 November 2002	"MOTHER" "Married Dec 18, 1938"
Thomas	Oretta G	1 April 1935	3 September 1935	[Child of Rufus and Fannie E Thomas]
Thomas	Robert A	26 August 1936	14 June 1951	[Son of Rufus and Fannie E Thomas]
Thomas	Rufus	1907	1988	"FATHER"
Thomas	Fannie E	1909	1992	"MOTHER" "IN LOVING MEMORY"
Thomas	William Dan	15 December 1950	14 January 1952
Unidentified or unmarked graves:
Unreadable stones				[was unable to read stones]

Comments:

Data in Red is not inscribed on the tombstone and has either been calculated based on death date or as a result of research on the individual.

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Easy Access. From Ripley, take I-77 south and exit 132. Turn right onto Co Rd 21 (Old US 21) and proceed 1.4 miles. Turn left onto Co Rd 21/28 (Grassslick Rd) and go 0.4 mile. At intersection, turn left (north) onto Winters Rd (Co Rd 36/2) and proceed 0.6 mile. At this point Winters Rd becomes Co Rd 36/8. Proceed another 0.4 mile on Winters Rd. Turn right (southeast) at intersection with Southall Ridge (Co Rd 36). Stay on Co Rd 36 for 3.4 miles. Continue on Co Rd 34/5/Grasslick Staats Mill for 0.3 mile. Continue onto Co Rd 36/Haw Run for 2.1 miles. Continue on Co Rd 36/Alpine Ridge Rd fo 4.8 miles. Continue on Co Rt 30/4 (Jones Ridge Rd) for 1.8 miles. Turn left onto Co Rt 15/5 Jones Ridge Rd for 1.6 miles. Turn right for 0.2 mile to Rhodes Cem.

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Updated: 19 April 2013