Two days after Christmas I sat down to catch up on all the blogs and see how everyone's Christmases were and I read the news on Marcus' blog. It was so strange because the telephone had just rung while I was reading. I was trying to talk to the person on the phone but my mind would just not work. I just said, "wait, wait" over and over. I know the caller thought I was losing my mind. For a moment there, I did. I immediately called Marcus and spoke with him. Almost one week later and I am still in disbelief.
We were supposed to leave the next day to go to Indianola to have Christmas there. Plans change. We all wanted to be there for Mar and Lo so we had Christmas late on the 27th and then drove to Starkville on the 28th for visitation. The crowd in the little Episcopal church in Starkville was unbelievable. So many people. The Rhodes family has touched so many people. There were friends of Jan and Melvin, Lo and Mar, Lady and Matt, and Alyson and Dylan. All ages, all kinds.
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Jan & Melvin, August 2005
Melvin & his girls, Father's Day 2007.
Melvin Rhodes died suddenly on December 26,2007. He was working on his tree farm when he was struck with a fatal heart attack. Mercifully, he never suffered, and he died exactly in the place that he would have chosen. Hopefully, this site will be a forum for his family and friends to share their memories, reflections, and anecdotes. Please feel free to add more as they come to your mind. Thank you so much for sharing with us.
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MELVIN RHODES
STARKVILLE - MELVIN C. RHODES, 62, DIED DEC. 26, 2007, AT HIS TREE FARM NEAR EUPORA. SERVICES ARE SATURDAY AT 10:30 A.M. AT EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION WITH THE REVS. LEE WINTERS AND J. PAUL VANDERCOOK OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW IN A PRIVATE FAMILY GRAVESIDE CEREMONY IN EUPORA. VISITATION IS TODAY FROM 4-7 P.M. AT THE CHURCH. CALVERT FUNERAL HOME OF WEST POINT IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS. MR. RHODES WAS BORN JULY 14, 1945, IN STARKVILLE. HE WAS OWNER OF LEN-LEW'S, RHODES TIRE SERVICE, AND RHODES REPAIRS AND RENTALS. HE WAS ALSO A FORMER COMMANDER OF THE LOCAL VFW AND FORMER MEMBER OF THE STARKVILLE BOARD OF ALDERMAN. IN HIS YOUTH, HE WAS A 4-H ALL-STAR WINNER FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE YEARS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION IN STARKVILLE. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE INQUIRER'S SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS AT FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN STARKVILLE. HE WAS A VETERAN OF THE U.S. ARMY SERVING IN THE 11TH ARMED CALVARY DURING THE VIETNAM ERA. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS FATHER, CLAIBORNE MCDONALD RHODES. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, JANICE HARRISON RHODES OF STARKVILLE; DAUGHTERS, TIFFINY LORRAINE MOSELEY OF FAIRHOPE, ALA., AND LADY DARIAN COX AND ALYSON OLIVIA RHODES HERBERT, BOTH OF STARKVILLE; MOTHER, DAISY LEE BROWN RHODES OF IUKA; SISTERS, RUTH HUNT OF IUKA, AND MABEL STURDIVANT OF CARTHAGE; AND FIVE GRANDCHILDREN.
PALLBEARERS WILL BE JO ROLFE, SAM GROSS, BEN JONES SR., BEN JONES JR., DAVID HORNSBY, DARREN MILLER AND JIM LEIST. MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO INQUIRER'S SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS, FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 200 WEST LAMPKIN ST., STARKVILLE, MS 39759; OR V.F.W. C/O WENDELL GIBSON, 418 SYCAMORE ST. STARKVILLE, MS 39759; OR OKTIBBEHA COUNTY 4-H, 106 FELIX LONG DRIVE, STARKVILLE, MS 39759
STARKVILLE - MELVIN C. RHODES, 62, DIED DEC. 26, 2007, AT HIS TREE FARM NEAR EUPORA. SERVICES ARE SATURDAY AT 10:30 A.M. AT EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION WITH THE REVS. LEE WINTERS AND J. PAUL VANDERCOOK OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW IN A PRIVATE FAMILY GRAVESIDE CEREMONY IN EUPORA. VISITATION IS TODAY FROM 4-7 P.M. AT THE CHURCH. CALVERT FUNERAL HOME OF WEST POINT IS IN CHARGE OF ARRANGEMENTS. MR. RHODES WAS BORN JULY 14, 1945, IN STARKVILLE. HE WAS OWNER OF LEN-LEW'S, RHODES TIRE SERVICE, AND RHODES REPAIRS AND RENTALS. HE WAS ALSO A FORMER COMMANDER OF THE LOCAL VFW AND FORMER MEMBER OF THE STARKVILLE BOARD OF ALDERMAN. IN HIS YOUTH, HE WAS A 4-H ALL-STAR WINNER FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE YEARS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION IN STARKVILLE. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE INQUIRER'S SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS AT FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN STARKVILLE. HE WAS A VETERAN OF THE U.S. ARMY SERVING IN THE 11TH ARMED CALVARY DURING THE VIETNAM ERA. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS FATHER, CLAIBORNE MCDONALD RHODES. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, JANICE HARRISON RHODES OF STARKVILLE; DAUGHTERS, TIFFINY LORRAINE MOSELEY OF FAIRHOPE, ALA., AND LADY DARIAN COX AND ALYSON OLIVIA RHODES HERBERT, BOTH OF STARKVILLE; MOTHER, DAISY LEE BROWN RHODES OF IUKA; SISTERS, RUTH HUNT OF IUKA, AND MABEL STURDIVANT OF CARTHAGE; AND FIVE GRANDCHILDREN.
PALLBEARERS WILL BE JO ROLFE, SAM GROSS, BEN JONES SR., BEN JONES JR., DAVID HORNSBY, DARREN MILLER AND JIM LEIST. MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO INQUIRER'S SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS, FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 200 WEST LAMPKIN ST., STARKVILLE, MS 39759; OR V.F.W. C/O WENDELL GIBSON, 418 SYCAMORE ST. STARKVILLE, MS 39759; OR OKTIBBEHA COUNTY 4-H, 106 FELIX LONG DRIVE, STARKVILLE, MS 39759
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Jan & Melvin, August 2005
Melvin & his girls, Father's Day 2007.
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