Gus M. Rhodes

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When he registered for the draft during World War I, he was listed as Gus M. Rhodes, single, and farming for himself in Timpson, Texas. He was born in Washington, GA on 21 Apr 1894, and had served for three years in the Texas National Guard. He was described as of medium heighth and build, with gray eyes and light colored hair.

In 1930, Gus M. Rhodes, age 36 born in Georgia, was living in Wichita Falls, Texas and working as a Rig Builder in the Petroleum industry. He was listed with (first wife?) Ludie M. Rhodes, also age 36 and born in Louisiana, along with two children, Leona, age 11 and Ben, age 9. Year: 1930; Census Place: Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas; Roll: 2408; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 0010; Image: 1114.0; FHL microfilm: 2342142

Gus and Ludie appear to have divorced, as she can be found on FindAGrave as Ludie M. Rhodes, 1893-1986, buried at the Woodlawn Cemetery in Timpson, Shelby County, Texas. (Find A Grave Memorial# 20394424). Links to her at Ancestry.com show her maiden name to have been McFadden, but this has not been verified.

Gus married Carrie M. McLemore on 25 Dec 1935. Carrie (daughter of Albert Sidney Womack McLemore and Mary Louise McWorter) was born on 19 Dec 1896 in Dayton, Liberty County, Texas; died on 16 Apr 1990 in Panola County, Texas; was buried in Ramah Cemetery, Teneha, Shelby County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]