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DATE: TUESDAY, April 27, 1993                   TAG: 9304270318
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: BEDFORD                                 LENGTH: Short


OBIT RODES, MARGARET PENDLETON STEPHENSON

RODES, Margaret Pendleton Stephenson, 44, of Route 5, Bedford, died Sunday, April 25, 1993, in the Virginia Baptist Hospital. She was born in the city of Bedford on June 16, 1948, a daughter of Allison H. Stephenson and Isabel White Stephenson. She was a member of St. Johns Episcopal Church, the Bedford Historical Society, the Bedford Book Forum, the Garden Club of Bedford and the Association of Operating Room Nurses. Margaret was a graduate of Liberty High School and attended Virginia Intermont College. She went on to receive her registered nurses degree from Virginia Baptist Hospital and then studied at Duke University Hospital for a year before graduating from Virginia Polytechnic Institute. In addition to her parents, she is survived by her husband, James Robert Rodes Jr.; two sons, J. R. Rodes III, and Charles Alexander Rodes, both of Bedford; one sister, Coral Lee Allmond of Danville. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at St. John's Episcopal Church with the Rev. James A. Creasy officiating. The family will receive friends at the home of her parents. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the St. John's Episcopal Church, the American Cancer Society, or a charity of your choice. Arrangements by Carder-Tharp Funeral Home, Bedford.



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