Alma Rhodes

Alma Norene Rhodes, 78, of Cape Girardeau died Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2004, at the Lutheran Home.

She was born Jan. 8, 1926, at Grand Tower, Ill., daughter of Thomas Benjamin and Grace Pearl Virge Hager. She first married James Howard McDowell in February 1941 at Benton, Mo. He died Dec. 14, 1992. She married Clarence "Buck" Summers, who died in 1971. She later married the Rev. Alonzo Rhodes, who died March 29, 1993.

Mrs. Rhodes was a homemaker. She was a longtime member of Southside Baptist Church before attending Bethel Assembly of God Church.

Survivors include a son, Charles "Benny" McDowell of Jackson; three daughters, Jeannette "Judy" Stone of Cape Girardeau, Clara "Deianne" Farrar of Scott City, Elda Jean Keller of Kankakee, Ill.; a brother, Oscar M. Hager of Cape Girardeau; three stepsons; three stepdaughters; 11 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; and many stepgrandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a grandchild and two sisters.

Friends may call at Lorberg Memorial Funeral Chapel from 4 to 8 p.m. today.

The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at the chapel, with the Rev. Phil Thompson and the Rev. Joe McCullough officiating. Burial will be in Lorimier Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Jimmy Stone, Chuck Stone, David Stone, Ryan Watkins, Carl Newell III and Danny Randol.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Mid-America Teen Challenge.