Local businessman Pee Wee Rhodes, founder of Plaza Tire, dies

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Vernon "Pee Wee" Rhodes always dreamed of starting his own business and succeeded by transforming a hand-operated carwash into Plaza Tire Service, a retail business with 49 stores throughout Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky and Arkansas.

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