Obituary of Mary Skaggs Rhodes-Lewis

Funeral services for Mary Skaggs Rhodes-Lewis, 92, Overton, will be at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, May 11, in the First Baptist Church, Overton. Burial will be in the Kilgore City Cemetery with Dr. Charles Paschall officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home. Mrs. Lewis passed away Sunday May 8, 2016 in a nursing home in Henderson. She was born February 7, 1924 in Beaver Oklahoma to the late William Andrew and Harriett Sherlock Skaggs. She moved to Overton from Pampa and was a long time resident of Overton. She was the owner of Mary Rhodes Real Estate and had served as president on the Rusk County Board of Realtors and she was a member of the National Association of Realtors both local & state. She was a member of the Beta Sigma Phi, the Overton Garden Club and she was a Paul Harris member of the Overton Rotary Club. She was a past member of the Overton City Council and the First Baptist Church. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by two husbands, Cecil A. Rhodes and Curtis Lewis, a son, Jimmy Lynn Rhodes, a step-son Richard Lewis, brothers Leonard Skaggs, William Skaggs, Barney Skaggs, James Skaggs, Johnny C. Skaggs, and George Skaggs, sisters, Ruby Pearl Skaggs, Lucy Belle Skaggs, Emma Blosser, and Nellie Honzell. Survivors include a son, Michael Wayne Rhodes, Overton; a step-daughter, Sue Johnson, New London; a daughter-in-law, Debbie Rhodes; a sister, Myrtle Dillard, Overton; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews; and a host of friends. The family will receive friends Tuesday evening at the funeral home from 5 pm until 7 pm. Pallbearers will be Larry Dillard, Ricky Dillard, Steve York, Trent Hankins, Andy Rhodes, and David Malone. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Overton Rotary Club and the Disciples Sunday School Class of the First Baptist Church.