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Submitted: 8/14/22 • Approved: 8/15/22 • Last Updated: 8/18/22 • R531510-G531509-S3
Wesley W. Rhodes
February 22, 1905-July 17, 1971
God’s greatest gift returned to God; My Father.
Ethel Northern Rhodes
September 1, 1922- February 9, 2012
God’s greatest gift returned to God; My mother.
Forever together in God’s Kingdom
*Photo, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary Wesley W. Rhodes
Wesley W. Rhodes
HEREFORD - Funeral services for Wesley Washington Rhodes, 66, a resident of Hereford since 1929, are scheduled for 2:30 p.m. today in Greenwood Baptist Church here.
The Rev. Prentice D. Smith, pastor, was to officiate. Burial was to be in West Park Cemetery by Gililland Funeral Home.
Mr. Rhodes, who died Saturday morning at his home after a lengthy illness. was born in Heavener, Okla. He married Ethel May Northern on March 2, 1953, in Clovis, N.M.
He was a member of Greenwood Baptist Church and was a service station owner.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, John W. of San Diego, Calif., and James of Dallas; two daughters, Mrs. Lucille Williams of Afton, Okla., and Mrs. Dorothy Massie of Bastrop, La.; four brothers, A.A. of Hereford, Harrison of Bakersfield, Calif., Earl of Kiowa, Okla., and Leroy of Quapaw, Okla.; a sister, Mrs. Ethel Senatte of McAlester Okla.; 28 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
(Published in The Amarillo Globe-Times (Amarillo, Texas) - 19 Jul 1971, Mon - Page 31)
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Oklahoma, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1890-1995
Name: Wesley Rhodes
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Birth Date: abt 1905
Marriage Date: 24 Mar 1923
Marriage Place: Pittsburg, Oklahoma, USA
Spouse: Della Johnson
Film Number: 001292989
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Wesley Washington Rhodes
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 35
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Date: 22 Feb 1905
Birth Place: Heavener, Oklahoma, USA
Residence Place: Hereford, Castro, Texas, USA
Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
Registration Place: Hereford, Castro, Texas, USA
Employer: Jim Burke
Height: 5 8
Weight: 180
Complexion: Light Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Next of Kin: Joe W Rhodes
Household Members Relationship
Wesley Washington Rhodes Self (Head)
Joe W Rhodes Father
Texas, U.S., Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Wesley Rhodes
Death Date: 17 Jul 1971
Death County: Deaf Smith
Gender: Male
Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Wesley W Rhodes
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 66
Birth Date: 22 Feb 1905
Birth Place: Oklahoma
Residence: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Death Date: 17 Jul 1971
Death Place: Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas, USA
Father: Joseph Rhodes
Mother: Lottie Gregory
Certificate Number: 55691
*Obituary Ethel Northern Rhodes
Ethel Mae Northern Rankin, 89, of Amarillo, died Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Boxwell Brothers Ivy Chapel with Robert E. Parker officiating. Burial will be at 2:30 p.m. in West Park Cemetery in Hereford. Arrangements are by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors, 2800 Paramount Blvd.
Mrs. Rankin was born Sept. 1, 1922, in Telephone to Ernest and Letha Northern. She owned and operated a service station on Highway 60 and ran a grain truck. Mrs. Rankin was a Baptist.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Wesley Rhodes.
Survivors include four daughters, Margie Dawson, Doris Strain and Bonnie Bell, all of Amarillo, and Linda Mauck of Glenpool, Okla; a son, Gene Oakley of Walcott; three sisters, Lorene Baumler of Denison, Edna Been of Dallas and Faye Linville of Saginaw; 15 grandchildren; and 30 great-grandchildren.
The family suggest memorials be to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-1905.
Sign the online guest book at www.boxwellbrothers.com.
Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 13, 2012
Contributed on 8/14/22 by neldapat
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