Rhodes, Elmer ""Peppermint"
Passed: 1990-11-01
Age: 90
Source: Jackson Herald
Death Notice:
Obituary Date: 1990-11-07
Information: Elmer ""Peppermint"" Rhodes, 90, died Thursday, Nov. 1, 1990, at the Ravenswood Village Nursing Home, after a long illness. He was born at Gay, Jackson County, to the late Luther E. and Elizabeth Dove Evans Rhodes. He was a storekeeper. He was preceded in death by his wife, Vada McConley Rhodes. He is survived by one son, Bob Rhodes of Ravenswood; one daughter, Mrs. Juanita Langford of Ripley; five sisters, Mrs. Wilma Sheets and Hester Littleton, both of Charleston, Hazel Wood of Stonewood, WV, Jessie Roberts of Greensboro, PA, and Georgia Fry of Washington,PA; three grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Services were held Sunday at the Parsons Funeral Home Chapel in Ripley with the Rev. Darrell Johnson officiating. Burial was in the Pine Hill Cemetery in Ripley.