Clyde Lee Rhinehart Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Funeral services for Clyde Lee Rhinehart, 88, of Rock Run will be Thursday, January 23, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. at Thompson Funeral Home with the Rev. Lewis Conaway and Rev. J.D. Whorton officiating. Burial with military honors will follow at Union Grove Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Thursday from 11 - 1 p.m. Mr. Rhinehart passed away Tuesday, January 21, 2014 at his home. Survivors include his wife of 69 years, Mary Pauline "Polly" Rhinehart of Rock Run; son, Grady Rhinehart of Rock Run; three grandchildren, Warren Rhinehart of Piedmont, Jerrie Lambert (Craig) and Hannah Sheppard (Jeffery) all of Rock Run; three great-grandchildren, Brandon Lambert, Bryant Lambert and Madison Sheppard; two sisters, Ruth Rutherford of Alexandria and Juanita Wallace (Alvin) of Oxford; two brothers, Fred Rhinehart of Rock Run and Sam Rhinehart of Cedartown, Georgia; and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Gene Williams, Jeff Rhinehart, Tommy Rhinehart, David Rhinehart, Warren Rhinehart and Charlie Short. Mr. Rhinehart was a native and lifelong resident of Cherokee County. He served in the 101 st. Airborne in the U.S.Army during WWII, retired from SCT Yarn, was a member of Rock Run Baptist Church where he had served on the deacon board, and served on the association board for the Cherokee Baptist Association. He was preceded in death by a son, Lewis Rhinehart; his parents, Don and Nancy Rhinehart; three sisters, Estelle Hinton, Mattie Bell Williams and Edna Tierce; and five brothers, Albert, Winford, G.W., John, and Reese Rhinehart. Flowers may be sent or memorial contributions may be made to the Rock Run Baptist Church Building Fund, in care of: Lynn Gilley, 4385 County Road 12, Piedmont, AL 36272.

Clyde Lee Rhinehart

March 2, 1925 - January 21, 2014