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Rhonda Cay Rhodes - Madison Parish, Louisiana

From Tallulah Madison Journal July 26, 1973

Rites held for Rhonda Cay Rhodes

Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 3 p.m. for Miss Rhonda Cay Rhodes who died Sunday, July 22 in University Hospital, Jackson where she had been in critical condition following an automobile accident one mile north of Newellton, La. on July 9. Her father, Mr. Rhodes, was also injured in the two-car collision.

The services were held at the First Baptist Church of Tallulah with the Rev. Crawford Williams officiating, with interment in Legion Memorial Cemetery, Newellton.

Miss Rhodes was the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Herman Rhodes. She was seventeen years old.

Pallbearers were: Andrew Sevier, Lane Williams, Ronald Dean Edwards, Benton Russell, George Cummings and Eddie Arledge.

Honorary pallbearers were Craig Finley, Tommy Lott, Gerald Scurria and Billy Kinstley.

The following was written by Miss Rhodes earlier this summer and was to have been released this fall following her completion of work in summer school. A few necessary changes have been made.

"Miss Rhonda Cay Rhodes left her junior year at Tallulah Academy with many high honors. She competed in district rallies as well as state rallies, and acquired many medals and one plaque. She attended the North District rally in Ruston and received second place in a girl's trio singing "Just For Today" as the second soprano. The same day, she played the beautiful piano arrangement of Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" and again received a second place.

The next day she returned to Tech to compete in the Typing I division and received the honor of 1st place in the district. The following month, she went to Baton Rouge to compete in the State Literary Rally where she received third place in typing I. Her spirits still soaring high, she went to Huntington Academy in Ferriday and received the 1st place plaque for typing I in the Independent School Rally. Also with these honors, she received a certificate and medal from her school for typing 85 words a minute, plus another award for perfect school attendance.

Aside from these awards this year, she also had many more from past years to add to her collection. Last year, she won second place in a brass sextet while playing her trombone, and her freshman year, she received a band trophy for the most improved high school band player. She had received numerous 4-H medals, ribbons and trophies for exhibits in La. State Fair and North La. Cotton Festival, Bastrop. She participated in state "Sew with Cotton" contest.

Rhonda was attending Warren Central High School in Vicksburg, Miss. for a summer credit in English IV which was interrupted by the accident. This was her last requirement and she would have had sufficient credits to receive her high school diploma. However, she had planned to return to graduate with her class in 1974.

She had been accepted as a freshman at Mississippi State College for Women at Columbus, Mississippi upon her completion of the required hours in September. She was planning to major in clinical psychology with an aim toward a PhD in this field."

Survivors are her parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Rhodes of Burnside Drive.