RHODES CEMETERY
File contributed by Cosette Heeter cheeter@mailer.fsu.edu
These are the headstones I recorded in RHODES CEMETERY, located approximately 3 miles north of Woodville, Florida, in Leon County. There are 35 marked graves for the family names: CARAWAY, COGSWELL, RHODES, SCOTT, WILLOUGHBY, STARKWEATHER, SANDERS, SAUNDERS, DYKES, and REHWINKEL.
R.C. CARAWAY
Born Aug. 11, 1857
Died Feb. 2, 1922
NANNIE CARAWAY
Aug. 27, 1856
Apr. 20, 1952
Gone, but not forgotten
WILLIAM T. COGSWELL
BREVET
BRIG GEN
2 REGT
MASS INF
However, the grave is covered with a cement slab and handwritten on the slab is:
CAPT. W.T. COGSWELL
Born Jun 22, 1825
Died Aug 14, 1918
LORENZO A. RHODES
FLORIDA
SK2 USNR
WORLD WAR II
MAY 5, 1908 APRIL 16, 1965
INFANT SON OF
ALPHONSO & EMILY RHODES
NOV 7, 1930
ROSS L. RHODES
APR 5, 1886
DEC 18, 1924
The pains of death are past,
Labor and sorrow cease,
And life’s long warfare closed at last,
His soul is found in peace
This is a Woodmen of the World Monument
MARTHA ANN SCOTT
BORN AUG 7, 1843
DIED JAN 16, 1930
EMMETT E. RHODES
APR. 18, 1893
FEB. 7, 1948
RALPH E. RHODES
OCT. 20, 1895 - MAR. 6, 1927
He is not dead, he is just away
What appears to be a Coat of Arms is inscribed on the stone.
George William RHODES
MAY 9, 1859 - AUG. 5, 1937
HIS WIFE
ELLA FAIR RHODES
FEB. 7, 1867 - FEB. 7, 1949
LEACY JO JAMES RHODES
FEB. 25, 1895
JUNE 19, 1964
RAYMOND CAY RHODES
MAY 4, 1896
MAY 23, 1961
RHODES
SAMUEL T. RHODES
FEB 20, 1865
MAY 17, 1934
WILLIE FRANCES RHODES
AUG 4, 1874 - MAY 24, 1964
At the top of the next few stones is a unique engraving of a hand holding a chain.
BRICEY F. RHODES
BORN SEPT. 16, 1827
DIED OCT. 24, 1867
There is a grave located between the grave of Bricey and the grave of Asa (which follows), but the stone was broken off and removed.
ASA J. RHODES
BORN APRIL 12, 1857
DIED JULY 14, 1877
Asa’s grave has the hand and chain inscription.
JOSEPH WILLOUGHBY
__ST ALA
No date on the above Funeral Home marker: Culley’s Funeral Home
WM JULIUS RHODES
BORN AUG 20, 1899
DIED AUG 22, 1900
Stone has hand and chain engraving
INFANT DAUGHTER
OF S.T. & W.F. RHODES
BORN MAR. 1, 1903
DIED MAY 13, 1903
Stone has hand and chain engraving
IN
LOVING
MEMORY
OF
MRS
JULIA RHODES
BORN
MAY 15, 1831
DIED
OCT. 8, 1912
RHODES
This stone stands about 6 feet. The grave is covered with a homemade brick cover which is raised about a foot. There is a marble marker at the foot of the covered grave.
DORIS MADGE RHODES
APR 26, 1915
JUNE 22, 1915
The stone has a lovely lily engraving and is outlined with a sculptured marble marker.
INFANT
SON OF
S.T. & W.F. RHODES
MAY 30, 1916
JOSEPH USS STARKWEATHER
JAN 1804
Marked with a Culley Funeral Home marker
JOHN D. SANDERS
JAN 29, 1829
OCT 7, 1874
Though lost to sight to memory dear
RASCON RHODES
Marked with Culley Funeral Home marker, but has no dates. The head of grave is marked with an iron marker which is about 1 ½ ft. high. A brick sits at the front of this iron marker. The grave is covered with a homemade brick cover the height of a single brick.
CLARENCE SAUNDERS
1900 1922
Culley Funeral Home marker only.
MAUDE E. DYE
WIFE OF J.A. SANDERS
BORN OCT. 4, 1879
DIED JAN 19, 1901
ASLEEP IN JESUS
Grave outlined with a homemade brick border
MILDRED M. DYKES
BORN AR 16, 1902
DIED JUNE 3, 1905
Grave outlined with a homemade brick border
LAURA DELL DYKES
BORN JAN 16, 1909
DIED FEB. 6, 1910
In heaven there is one angel more
The grave is outlined with a brick border
WM DYKES
BORN OCT. 23, 1856
DIED FEB 15, 1918
This is a Woodmen of the World marker
EUNICE SANDERS
WIFE OF J.W. DYIKES
OCT. 18, 1868
SEP. 21, 1920
CARLE G. DYKES
WIFE OF J.H. REHWINKEL
JAN 11, 1897 - OCT. 2, 1925
She was too good, too gentle,and fair
to dwell in this cold world of care
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
PHOEBE ANN SANDERS
MAY 24, 1846
DEC. 8, 1926
We trust our loss will be her gain
and that with Christ she’s gone to reign
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
REV JAHN A SANDERS
NOV. 21, 1871
FEB. 21, 1953
I am the resurrection and the life. He that believeth in me though he were dead, yet shall he live. John 11-25