1907 - 1981

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• Birth	10 October 1907	Excelsior, Louisiana, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	13 May 1981	Ashburn, Turner, Georgia, USA   [2]
  	Age: 73
  Buried	15 May 1981	Rose Hill Cemetery, North Annex, Ashburn, Turner, Georgia, USA
  Person ID	I2354	Fowler-Ross-Hartley and more... | Ellis-Curtis-Bryant-Smith
  Last Modified	12 April 2007 18:42:22
  Father	Leslie Jane Blue, b. 27 December 1884, Rockfish, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
  Mother	Mary Hodges, b. 21 September 1886, Dunn, Harnett County, North Carolina, USA
  Family ID	F2464	Group Sheet
  Family	Wyolene Ellis, b. 15 August 1909, Calhoun, Gordon, Georgia, USA
  Married	27 May 1933	Miami, Dade County, Florida, USA
  Children	1. Leslie Lazelle Blue, b. 25 February 1935, Turner, Georgia, USA > 2. Living > 3. Living > 4. Living
  Headstones		Blue, Wyolene (Ellis) & Rhodes Ellsworth: Headstone Status: Located. Blue / Wyolene Ellis Blue / Aug. 15, 1909 / Masonic Insignia Wyolene was still living when this photograph was taken. Rhodes Ellsworth Blue / Oct. 10, 1907 / May 13, 1981 / Masonic insignia
  Last Modified	12 April 2007 18:34:19
  Family ID	F864	Group Sheet

• Event Map		Event Died - 13 May 1981 - Ashburn, Turner, Georgia, USA Buried - 15 May 1981 - Rose Hill Cemetery, North Annex, Ashburn, Turner, Georgia, USA  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Headstones		Blue, Rhodes Ellsworth: Headstone Status: Located. Rhodes Ellsworth Blue / Oct. 10, 1907 / May 13, 1981 / Masonic insignia
  		Blue, Wyolene (Ellis) & Rhodes Ellsworth: Headstone Status: Located. Blue / Wyolene Ellis Blue / Aug. 15, 1909 / Masonic Insignia Wyolene was still living when this photograph was taken. Rhodes Ellsworth Blue / Oct. 10, 1907 / May 13, 1981 / Masonic insignia

• Notes

  From Wayne Blue's GEDCOM 672835: Born in Excelsior, Louisiana, to Leslie Jane Blue (1884-1933) and Mary Hodges (1886-1971). His grandparents were Daniel Angus Blue (1849-abt 1912) and Sallie. His greatgrandparents were Neill Ray Blue (1822-1892) and Margaret Gillis (1828-1890). Although his parents were from North Carolina, his father was in the naval business and was at the time of his birth in Louisana. The family moved back to North Carolina and Rhodes was raised and schooled in the Dunn, North Carolina, area which was the home of his mother. While working in the Miami, Florida, area as a baseball player for the railroad he met Wyolene Ellis, who at the time was managing the Western Union in Hialeah, Florida. They were married in Miami and then moved to Ashburn, Turner County, Georgia which was the home of Wyolene. There Rhodes worked at the Rogers (which later became Colonial Stores) Grocery store. They had a child Leslie Lazelle born in February 1935 and died two days later. At that time they lived with the parents of Wyolene, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Ellis. In early 1936 Rhodes and Wyolene completed a new brick home on Rainey Street in Ashburn and in this house their second son, Wayne was born in November 1936. Other children: Donna Marie was born in 1941 and John Allen in 1952. Rhodes and Wyolene were very active in community activities. They were very active members of the First Baptist Church of Ashburn, where Rhodes was a Deacon, Chairman of Deacon Board, Sunday School Teacher, Sunday School Superintendant. He was Clerk of the Church from late 1940s until the late 1970s. Rhodes helped organize in 1936 and was the first scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop 31. This troop had to be organized out of the National Headquarters of the BSA since there were not that many Boy Scout troops organized at that time. All his life he was active in the scouting program of not only Turner County, Georgia, but at the council level at Chehaw Council in Albany, Georgia. He served on Executive committe of the Council. In 1955 he was honored by being presented the Silver Beaver Award, a council's highest award. Rhodes was also a devoted 32nd degree Mason and spent much of his time working with the Masons and the Shriners. In 1977 he was honored by the Hasan Temple of the Shrine by being elected its Potentate, which is the highest office at the temple level. Hasan Temple has the jurisdiction over most of south Georgia's shriners and clubs. He had numerous honors bestowed on him while in the Mason's and Shrine, however none of these effected his helping youth. As a member of the Turner County Shrine club he and several other members organized and built a recreation center in Ashburn which included a skating rink, swimming pool, ball park, picnic area and playgrounds. They made this available to the public, and especially the youth, at a very low cost. Rhodes and a few other shriners oversaw the operation of the facilities on a daily basis, always seeing that no child was turned away for lack of funds. When World War II broke out Rhodes and family moved to Warner Robins, Georgia, and he became an engineer on Robins AF Base. In 1945 after the war was over the family returned to Ashburn and Rhodes and his father-in-law John Ellis opened an Economy Auto Store; the business was so successful that they later moved to a larger building and expanded their lines of merchandise. Mrs Blue was active in the business also and carried a gift department and some jewelry. They bought out a jewelry store in Ashburn and finally combined all these into one store. As the needs of the consumer changed, so did the type of merchandise sold and eventually the store became Blue's of Ashburn, Inc and was a department store that carried ladies clothing and jewelry and gifts. Now a complete jewelry store, Rhodes learned jewelry repair and became a jeweler. The store catered to brides and everything for a wedding. At the time of Rhodes' death on Wednesday, May 13, 1981, the Hasan Temple sh [GEDCOM import terminates here.–KF]

• Sources

  [S10] FEllis: Ellis-Blue Gedcom 672835, Wayne Blue, (myfamily.com website, imported 8 July 2003), 14 Rhodes Ellsworth Blue: b: 10 Oct 1907 Excelsior, LA; m: 27 May 1933 Miami; d: 13 May 1981 Ashburn; bu: 15 May 1981 Rose Hill North, Ashburn [S380] GA: Indexes of Vital Records for Georgia: Deaths, 1919-1998, State of Georgia, (Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records, 1998) Name: Rhodes E Blue / Death Date: 13 May 1981 / County of Death: Turner / Gender: M / Race: W / Age: 73 years / County of Residence: Turner / Certificate: 016402 / Date Filed: 20 May 1981