Billy Rhodes

Billy Ray Rhodes, 93, of Washington, Missouri, formerly of Scott City, passed away Monday, June 8, 2020.

Billy, the son of the late Grover Lee and Erma Lucille Jones Rhodes, was born July 13, 1926, in Cape Girardeau. On Oct. 9, 1947, he married his wife, Emma Magdalene Pinkston, in Fornfelt at the now Scott City Methodist Church.

He graduated from Illmo High School.

Billy was a World War II veteran, serving his country in the U.S. Navy from 1943 to 1946.

Billy worked as a purchasing manager for Allied Chemical Corp. and U.S. Steel Corp. until 1986, and he was a truck weight inspector for the Illinois State Police until he retired in May 1995. He later worked at the Cape Girardeau Lowe's store from September 1996 to May 1998. He was a former member of the Emeth Lodge 1030 A.F. & A.M., the Moose Lodge in Cahokia, Illinois, and a current member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6407 in Scott City.

He is survived by his two children, Keith Alan Rhodes of Washington, Missouri, and David Lee Rhodes of Southlake, Texas; grandchildren, Jill Nicole Wallace of Prosper, Texas, Jamie Lee Rhodes of Southlake, Joshua Robert-Ray Rhodes of Southlake, Jake Slade Rhodes of Washington, Missouri, and Pierre Roberto Eyre of Pevely, Missouri; and great-grandchildren, Jayden David Wallace and Kylee Madison Wallace.

He was preceded in death by his parents, wife and brother, Grover Glen Rhodes.

A burial with military honors will be held Sept. 19 at Lightner Cemetery in Scott City.

Arrangements are in care of Nieburg-Vitt, Miller Funeral Home in Washington, Missouri, and Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City.