Martha Raye Rhodes' Obituary
Funeral services for Martha Raye Rhodes, 71, of Leesville, will be held at 2:00 P.M. on Sunday, May 15, 2022, in the Labby Memorial Funeral Home of Leesville with Bro. Jared Thomas & Bro. Wayne LaCaze officiating. Burial will follow in Cooper Cemetery in Leesville.
Visitation will be Saturday, May 14, 2022, from 12:00 P.M– 9:00 P.M in the funeral home.
Martha was born on November 6, 1950, in Opelika, Alabama to her parents, Alfred Orr & Lubbie Hickman McCury West. She passed away on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, at her home in Leesville.
Martha is preceded in death by her parents, Mother & Father- in-law: R.D and Sudie Rhodes, Brother-in-law’s: Ronnie Jeffares, Lee L. Johnson, and Keith Rhodes.
Left to cherish her memory is her husband: Johnny L Rhodes of Leesville, LA; Four Sons: James Wilson and wife Jessica of Rosepine, LA, Pete Wilson and wife Tammy of Deridder, LA, Joey Wilson and wife Kim of Burkeville, and John Clinton Rhodes of Leesville, LA; Daughter: Erin Rhodes of Leesville, LA; Two Sisters: Helen Jeffares of Pineville, LA and Barbara Johnson of Deridder, LA; Thirteen Grandchildren: Cody Wilson, Blake Wilson and Ashley, Justin Wilson and Kariene, Eddie Wilson, Jacob Wilson, Brooklyn Wilson and Brendan Hall, Ashley Crittenden and husband Ryan, Tate Wilson, Amber Wilson, Aiden Wilson Karter Wilson, and Seaman Rylan Scott and wife Alissa; Eleven Great Grandchildren: Abby Wilson, Kenzie Wilson, Maddy Wilson, Dusty Crittenden, Bentley Crittenden, Maverick Crittenden, Joslyn Wilson, Casey Wilson, Miyah Wilson, Jackson Hall, and Emmett Frazier.
Those honored to serve as pallbearers: Cody Wilson, Blake Wilson, Justin Wilson, Eddie Wilson, Jacob Wilson, Tate Wilson, Aiden Wilson, Brendan Hall, and Harvey Ashworth.
Honorary pallbearers: Seaman Rylan Scott and Carter Wilson.
Words of comfort may be expressed to the Rhodes Family at www.labbymemorial.com
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