1916 - 2009 (92 years)
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| Name |
Carman Griffith RHODE |
| Birth |
28 Nov 1916 |
Jourdanton, Atascosa, Texas, USA  [1, 2, 3] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Census |
23 Apr 1930 |
Live Oak County, Texas, USA [3] |
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| Residence |
8 Jun 1994 |
Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas, USA [4] |
| Religion |
Baptist |
| Education |
Texas A&M University, 1936 (Agricultural Engineering) |
| Occupation |
Owner, Rhode Pipe Company |
| Occupation |
U.S. Soil Conservation Service |
| Death |
18 Sep 2009 |
Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas, USA [1] |
| Burial |
21 Sep 2009 |
Resthaven Memorial Park, Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas, USA [1] |
| Person ID |
I24772 |
Dyal and Speckels |
| Last Modified |
1 Oct 2009 |
| Father |
Hiram David RHODE, b. 17 Jan 1876, Texas, USA d. 16 Aug 1966, San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, USA (Age 90 years) |
| Mother |
Tennie Paralee TUMLINSON, b. 26 Mar 1888, Texas, USA d. 8 Aug 1964, Pleasanton, Atascosa, Texas, USA (Age 76 years) |
| Marriage |
Abt 1905 [5] |
| Family ID |
F2006 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Marilena HUFF, b. 5 Apr 1917, Stratford, Sherman, Texas, USA d. 8 Jun 1994, Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas, USA (Age 77 years) |
| Marriage |
Jul 1939 |
Dalhart, Dallam, Texas, USA [4] |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F17146 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
7 Jun 2007 |
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| Notes |
- Carman received his early education at the school in Clegg, Texas, where the entire faculty was comprised of his mother, father, older brother, and older sister. He graduated from Texas A&M University at the age 19 with a degree in Agricultural Engineering. He then began a 20-year career in the U.S. Soil Conservation Service at a time in the midst of the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression. He was stationed Vega, Childress, Clarendon, and Silverton.
He retired from in 1956 in Silverton and began Rhode Pipe Company. He initially installed irrigation systems for area farmers but eventually expanded to municipal and sewer systems across Texas. He changed the name to Rhode Construction and operated out of his headquarters in Lubbock and branch offices in Abilene, Midland, Hillsboro, Dallas, and Amarillo.
He retired from the construction business at the age 85 after which he traveled the world with his wife, Ida. He held a deep Christian faith and was a lifelong Texas Aggie. [1]
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| Sources |
- [S447] Sunday, September 20, 2009, p. C9.
- [S77] conducted by Robert C. Barritt, Headstone survey, 12 Nov 2007.
- [S15] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930, Live Oak County, Texas, ED 6, p. 5.
- [S447] Friday, 10 Jun 1994, p. 4A.
- [S13] United States of America, Bureau of the Census, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910, Atascosa County, Texas, ED 1, p. 12.
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