4/30/1970 Danville Bee Miss Rhoda Lavalette Custer died in Memorial Hospital last night after a decline in health of two years. She had been a patient in the hospital two weeks. Born in Floyd County March 12, 1898, she was a daughter of the late Mark Henry Custer and Mary Prillaman Custer, and had lived in Danville most of her life. She was a member of Moffelt Memorial Baptist Church and was a graduate of Averett College, teaching for many years in the Danville public schools. She is survived by one sister and one brother, Mrs. Eva Custer Trent of Danville and Estle T. Custer of Roanoke; and several nieces and nephews. The funeral service will be conducted Saturday at ll a.m. at Townes Memorial Chapel, and temporary entombment will be in the Rowe Mausoleum in Mountain View Cemetery. The body is at the funeral home and the family is at the residence of Mrs. Trent, 1470 North Main Street.