Vernon Dee Rhodes

BURLESON -- Vernon Dee Rhodes, 54, a utility production worker for Ranch Style Beans in Fort Worth, died Thursday, Nov. 24, 2005, in Fort Worth. Funeral: 2 p.m. Tuesday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home Chapel in Burleson. Burial: Bethesda Cemetery in Burleson. Visitation: 7-9 p.m. Monday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. Vernon was born Jan. 5, 1951, in Fort Worth, to Willie D. and Velma Clewis Rhodes. He married Jean Stafford on Sept. 18, 1981, in Burleson. Vernon liked wrestling, NASCAR, dirt track racing, the Texas Rangers and football. He loved the Dallas Cowboys and the Burleson Elks. He was a caring person who saw good in everyone. Survivors: Wife, Jean Rhodes of Burleson; goddaughter, Heather Leann Wall of Joshua; brothers, William Rhodes and wife, Heather, Howard Rhodes and wife, Stephanie, Phillip Rhodes; sisters, Georgia Scott, Rachel Rhodes and husband, Phillip, all of Burleson; stepsisters, Karen Baxter of Burleson and Jana Foster of Cleburne; father-in-law, J.B. Stafford of Whitney; brother-in-law, John C. Stafford Sr. of Burleson; sister-in-law, Judy Newby and husband, Gary, of Whitney; stepmother, Bettye Jean Rhodes of Joshua; special friend, Brenda Overtrom of Burleson; several nieces and nephews; and great-nieces and great-nephews.