Cennet Tuncay Rhode

Cennet Tuncay Rhode, 90, died Monday, January 27, 2014, in Clarendon.
Graveside services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, January 30, 2014, in Citizens Cemetery in Clarendon with Rev. C.W. Parker, Odyssey Hospice Chaplain, officiating.
Arrangements are under the direction of Robertson Funeral Directors of Clarendon.
Cennet was born March 5, 1923, in Ankara, Turkey. She married J.P. Rhode on May 6, 1960, in Ankara, Turkey. She became a US Citizen on February 11, 1965, and had been a resident of Clarendon since 1973. She was an active member of the community where she was a member of the Clarendon Lions Club and involved with the Shiner’s and Khiva Club. The Clarendon Chamber of Commerce bestowed their highest honor, The Saints’ Roost Award, on her in 1996. She was a Muslim.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, on February 2, 1992; and a niece, Betsy Ellerbrook.
She is survived by a nephew, Will Chamberlain and wife Brenda of Clarendon; a niece, Evelyn Shaw and husband Jim of McLean; and several great nieces and nephews.
The family request memorials be sent to the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children / 2222 Wellborn / Dallas, Texas 75219-3993.
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