Rhodes Rita

Rita Skeen Cass Rhodes, 49, passed away Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at her home. A memorial service will be 4:00 pm Saturday, July 23, 2011 at Wilkinson Memorial Baptist Church in Raleigh.\ \ A graduate of Florence High School, Mrs. Rhodes was a very joyful person to be around and will be dearly missed. She loved camping and being outdoors, fishing and working in her yard. She enjoyed riding motorcycles. One of the joys of her life was spending time with her family and grandchildren.\ \ She is preceded in death by her father, Jimmy Skeen; and husbands, Roger Dale Lepard and James Edward Cass. She is survived by her mother, Hettie Jean Barnes of Braxton; Husband, Robert Rhodes of Mize; sons, Jerimy Lepard (Shannon) of Brandon and Mikel Lepard (Tiffany) of Pearl; brothers Jimmy Skeen Jr. of Magee and Stacy Skeen of Braxton; sisters, Liz Bennette of Duck Hill, Kathy Davis of Jackson, and Chris Rhodes of Raleigh; and three grandchildren, Ethan, Eli and Lake Lepard.\