Betty Gwaltney Rhodes

Betty Gwaltney Rhodes, of Murrells, Inlet, SC, formerly of Cochranville, passed away at her home on Tuesday, March 23, 2010. She was the beloved wife of Frank P. Rhodes with whom she shared 59 years of marriage. Born in West Virginia on September 16, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Dotty Gwaltney and Grahm McGrady.

Mrs. Rhodes was a graduate of Oxford High School of Oxford, PA class of 1948. She and her family moved to the Cochranville area where she was an active member of the Manor Presbyterian Church and later the Penningtonville Presbyterian Church of Atglen. Betty retired from the Wachovia Bank and the Bank of Lancaster County. In 1998, after retirement, her and her husband moved to the Myrtle Beach area.

She is survived, in addition to her husband, by four children; Sandra, wife of Gary Simmons of Atglen, Denise Miller of Mineral, VA, Laurie Rhodes of Bethel, PA and Frank P. Rhodes and wife Wendy Jackson of Poultney, Vermont. She is also survived by three grandsons; Scott Miller and wife Michele of Newark, DE, Ryan Simmons and wife Corrine of Peach Bottom and Steven Miller of Mineral, VA, two granddaughters; Kate Simmons of Atglen and Sarah Tomchesson of Los Angeles, CA, two great grandchildren Matthew and Morgan and three step sisters and one step brother.

Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at 11:00am from the Wilde Funeral Home, 434 Main St. Parkesburg, PA followed by interment at the Oxford Cemetery in Oxford, PA. Visitation from 10:00am to the time of the service.

Memorial donations may be made in her memory to In-care Hospice, 4685 Highway 17 South Bypass, Myrtle Beach Branch, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577.

Online condolences can be posted at www.wildefuneralhome.com