Rhodes, Anthony Lee

Passed: 1989-08-26

Age: 19

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Obituary Date: 1989-08-30

Information: Anthony Lee Rhodes, 19, of Liverpool, died Saturday as a result of an automobile accident. He was born in Jackson County, a son of Darrell and Janis Golden Rhodes.  He was an employee of Clint Hurt Associates in Charleston.  He was a 1988 graduate of Ripley High School and was a graduate of the building construction class at Arch Moore Vo-Tech Center.  He is also survived by two sisters, Tena Rhodes of Ravenswood and Laura Blankenship of Sandyville; his paternal grandparents, Ores and Goldie Rhodes of Gay and maternal grandmother, Virginia Golden of Reedy.  Services were Tuesday at Vail Funeral Home.  Burial was in Mt. Zion Cemetery in Roane County.   MARSHALL MAN DIES IN CRASH--Unanswered questions shroud the circumstances surrounding the death of a Jackson County man as surely as the fog Saturday morning covered the roadway where he died.  Authorities don't know the exact time of an accident which killed Anthony Rhodes, 19, of Marshall, whose address was Liverpool.  The weather was foggy, but the road was dry, according to officials.  No skid marks were found at the accident scene some two miles east of Ripley on U. S. 33.  A motorist, whose name was not recorded, noticed a power pole which has been sheared off and called the report at 2:10 a.m.  Mike Boggess of the Ripley Volunteer Fire Department found the damaged pole on the curve at the end of the long straight stretch and then saw Rhodes' truck over the hill.  Rhodes had been thrown out and was lying about eight feet from the rear of the truck. County paramedics found Rhodes alive, with serious head and chest injuries.  They managed to get him to Jackson General Hospital before he died.  Dense fog prevented a Healthnet helicopter from landing near the accident scene. As Lt. Len Jones of the Jackson County Sheriff's Department investigated the accident he discovered that the 1983 Dodge pickup was eastbound as it slipped off onto the berm.  The truck traveled 301 feet, came back onto the highway before hitting the power pole.  It then went over the hill, rolling at least once, and finally came to rest 130 feet from the pole.  Rhodes was taken to the medical examiners office in South Charleston for an autopsy. (Anthony was born April 10, 1970)