Dear Mailing Lists: In my Family Research, my RHODES line has always been my "brick wall" but I finally tracked down a death certificate for my great grandfather (which lists his parents names) and although it turns out that my great grandfather was a Junior which didn't help much on the RHODES side, it also gave his mother's maiden name as DUNBAR. His obituary also gives his sister's married names as STEWART, DICKSON and GRAY. Here's who I'm looking for: James Henry RHODES, Jr. (b. 4 July 1877 Tipton Co, TN d. 24 Jan 1960 Memphis, Shelby Co. TN). You can read his obit at my family website at: http://home.att.net/~littlehouseantiques/jhrobit.html His parents are: James Henry RHODES, Sr. and Julia DUNBAR. Have no dates for James Henry RHODES, Sr. or Julia DUNBAR, but am assuming that J. H. RHODES, Jr. was their first child and that they were married circa 1876 probably somewhere in TIPTON or SHELBY Co. TN. His known siblings were: 1) Mrs. Josie STEWART (lived in Memphis, TN in 1960) 2) Mrs. Susan DICKSON (lived in Memphis, TN in 1960) 3) Mrs. Fannie GRAY (lived in Kerrville, TN in 1960) If anyone on the RHODES, DUNBAR, STEWART, DICKSON or GRAY mailing lists knows of any connections to the RHODES surname (especially in the counties of SHELBY or TIPTON TN) I'd be very pleased to hear from you and more than willing to share the data that I have. Thanks in advance for your help! Kathy L. Rhodes P.S. Can anyone on the Shelby County TN list advise me on how to get the personnel department of the Memphis Light, Gas and Water Company, to "cough up" the employee records for James Henry RHODES, Jr. ? I emailed them but thus far they have been unresponsive. He retired from this company in 1949, is it even likely that they would still retain his employee records?