Earnest Dean Rhodes, son of the late Garnie Lee and Phyllis Ann (Wanger) Rhodes, was born June 10, 1960, in Alva, Oklahoma, and passed away January 3, 2021, in El Reno, Oklahoma, at the age of 60 years, 6 months and 23 days.

There will be a visitation with the family present from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday, January 7, 2021, at the Marshall Funeral Home Chapel. The family will have a private graveside service at a later date.

Earnest graduated from Alva High School. He lived most of his life in the Alva area where he farmed and ranched. On February 19, 2015, he was united in marriage to Amy Thom...