Elizabeth Inez Risser and Charles Robert Rhodes

CHARLES ROBERT RHODES was born September 12, 1888 in Golden Lake, Mississippi, Arkansas,^{56, 8} and died April 25, 1980 in Fayetteville, Washington, Arkansas.^{56, 9967} He is buried in Violet Cemetery, Osceola, Mississippi, Arkansas.⁴⁵⁶

He married ELIZABETH INEZ RISSER on June 25, 1912 in Fayetteville, Washington, Arkansas,³⁷¹ daughter of INEZ MARY SCOTT and JULIUS OTHO RISSER. She was born August 25, 1887 in Adel, Dallas, Iowa,³⁷⁶ and died June 13, 1976 in Fayetteville, Washington, Arkansas.³⁷⁶ She is buried in Violet Cemetery, Osceola, Mississippi, Arkansas.^{376, 456}

• Descendant Reports
  • William Scott Descendant Report (Ancestor of Elizabeth I. Risser)

Children of ELIZABETH INEZ RISSER and CHARLES ROBERT RHODES:

1. MARY ELIZABETH RHODES, b. June 27, 1913, Osceola, Mississippi, Arkansas;⁸⁶²² m. DAVID HARKNESS MCKELLAR on February 24, 1940 in Fayetteville, Washington, Arkansas^{377, 2331}; d. January 10, 2000, Savannah Rehab, Chatham County, Georgia.^{56, 168}
2. CHARLES ROBERT RHODES, b. July 5, 1916, Golden Lake, Mississippi, Arkansas;^{168, 56} m. ALMA RIMKUS on June 27, 1948 in San Diego, California^{2935, 2936}; d. November 24, 2008.¹⁶⁸
3. HELEN HARWELL RHODES, b. June 5, 1923, Arkansas;¹¹⁷ m. ALDEN SCOTT MCKELLAR on March 26, 1944 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina^{168, 379}; d. March 17, 2020.⁴⁵⁶

Charles R. Rhodes

• was a US Navy Veteran of World War I⁹⁹⁶⁷
• was an electrical engineer at the Veterans Administration⁹⁹⁶⁷

Fayetteville Democrat, April, 1918

Mrs. Robert C. Rhodes and children, Mary Elizabeth and Robert, who have been visiting Mrs. Rhodes' parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.O. Risser, leave today for Pensacola, Fla., to join Ensign Rhodes of the naval branch of the aviation service U.S.N.

Fayetteville Daily Democrat, July 25, 1925

Mrs. C. Robert Rhodes and children, Mary Elizabeth, Robert, and Helen, of Wilson, Arkansas, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. J.O. Risser.

Northwest Arkansas Times, June 14, 1976³⁷⁶

MRS. ELIZABETH RHODES

Mrs. Elizabeth Risser Rhodes, 88, of Fayetteville died Monday at a local hospital. Born Aug. 25, 1887 at Adel, Iowa, the daughter of Julius and Inez Scott Risser, she was a Methodist.

Survivors include her husband, C.R. (Dusty) Rhodes of the home; one son, Robert of Phoenix, Ariz.; two daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth McKellar of Ashtabaula, Ohio and Mrs. Helen McKellar of Sabinas Coahuila, Mexico and eight-grandchildren.

Graveside services are to be held at 10 a.m. Friday at the Osceola Cemetery under the direction of Moore's Chapel.

Memorials may be made to the individuals favorite charity.

Fayetteville Northwest Arkansas Times, April 27, 1980⁹⁹⁶⁷

DUSTY RHODES

Charles Robert (Dusty) Rhodes Sr., 91, of Fayetteville, died Friday in a local hospital. Born Sept. 12, 1888, at Golden Lake, the son of Joseph W. and Clara Pulliam Rhodes, he was a retired electrical engineer with the Veterans Administration and manager of Golden Lake Plantation near Osceola for 20 years before moving to Fayetteville 30 years ago. He was a graduate of the University of Arkansas, class of 1909, and a veteran of World War I, serving as an ensign in the Navy. He had over 2,100 hours of volunteer work at the VA hospital in Fayetteville.

Surviving are one son, Charles R. Rhodes J. of Phoenix, Ariz; two daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth R. McKellar of Ashtabula, Ohio, and Mrs. Helen R. McKellar of Manitou Springs, Colo.; eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Cremation will be Monday with a memorial service to be held Friday at Osceola. Local arrangements were by Moore's Chapel.