Fears, Rhonda Odessa Coonrod

  • Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Rhonda Fears
Rhonda Fears
Rhonda Odessa Coonrod Fears, 61, passed away on March 22, 2018.
 
She was a member of New Anointing Pure Holiness Church. She attended Riverside High School.
 
Survivors include her children, Councilwoman Demetrus Coonrod, Tarius Shackleford (Antonio), Latisha Coonrod Menifee (Antonio), Rickey Coonrod; 15 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; siblings, Leonard Hemphill, Joe Coonrod, Vongoree Coonrod, Dr. Tonzolone Coonrod, James Haynes, and Barbara Davis; uncle, T.J. Studivant; a host of other relatives and friends.
 
The body will lie in state after noon on Friday, March 30. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m.
 
Funeral services will be on Saturday, March 31, from 11 a.m., at New Anointing Pure Holiness Church with Elder Corey Prather officiating. Interment will be in Highland Cemetery.
 
Arrangements are by John P. Franklin Funeral Home, 1101 Dodds Ave., 622-9995.
 
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