Life History
24th Aug 1907 |
Born in Marlow, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory.1,2 |
1920 |
Resident in Mt View, Kiowa, Oklahoma.6 |
1930 |
Occupation Stenographer.5 |
8th Nov 1941 |
Married Russel Hugh BOYD.1 |
9th Aug 1963 |
Died in Dallas, Dallas, Texas.1,2,8 |
after 9th Aug 1963 |
Buried in Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri.3,4,2 |
Notes
- Rhonda and Russ never had any children.
The 1910 census listed her two names as one, spelled Rhondafay:
Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma, District #239, p 18A, (scan p 251), Family #347:
Jenkins, Rondafay Dau F W 3 s OK TX TX
The 1930 census also combined her names as Rondafaye:
Ft. Cobb, Caddo County, Oklahoma, 1 April, District 26, p 9A, Hse #181, Fam #215:
Rondafaye Jenkins dau F W 22 OK TX TX.
In the 1920 census, Mt View, Kiowa County, Oklahoma she is listed as Ronda F Jenkins dau F W 12 OK TX TX
Rhonda and Russ lived in Amarillo, Texas, but was in a hospital in Dallas when she died. Rhonda suffered with cancer near the end of her life. Rhonda was being treated in Dallas, Texas, where she died in 1963. Her husband took her body to Chillicothe, Missouri, to bury her inhis family plot.
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Certificate 49280
http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4876&enc=1
Rhonda Boyd, Death 9 Aug 1963, Dallas County, Texas
Rhonda and Russ are both buried in the Leopolis Cemetery, located eight miles north of Chillicothe, Livingston County, Missouri.
I list here all the Boyds in the cemetery:
BOYD, Donna Rita Ann Handford
BOYD, Harold T.
BOYD, Manus C.
BOYD, Mary Patricia
BOYD, Rhonda Fay
BOYD, Robert E.
BOYD, Russell H.
BOYD, Samuel E.
-- Leapolis Cemetery listings, http://www.cemphoto.com/Pages/Page%2067.htm
Sources
- 1. Jenkins Family History by Harold Keith Christian
- Joseph Asa Jenkins Family Group Record
- 2. RootsWeb Death and Interment Records
- Interment Record for Rhonda Fay Boyd, http://userdb.rootsweb.com/cemet
- 3. Jenkins Family History by Harold Keith Christian
- 4. Leapolis Cemetery (Cillicothe, Missouri) Listings
- Name: http://www.cemphoto.com/Pages/Page%2067.htm;
- 5. 1930 Federal Census, Kiowa County, Oklahoma
- 1 April, Fort Cobb, District 26, p 9A, Hse #181, Fam #215
- 6. 1920 Federal Census, Kiowa County, Oklahoma
- 3 January, Mt View Township, District 14, Page 1A, Hse/Fam #1
- 7. Obituary of Joseph Asa Jenkins, Oklahoma City paper, name unknown, June 1962
- 8. Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
- Certificate 49280, http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4876&en