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Frank B. Rhea Dies at Forney
Dallas Morning News
June 6, 1956
 

Frank B. Rhea, Sr.

FORNEY, Texas - Frank B. Rhea, 72-year-old insurance man who had lived here all his life, died of a heart ailment early Tuesday at his home in Forney.

Funeral services will be held at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at the First Methodist Church here. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery at Forney.

Rhea had been in the life insurance business for more than 30 years, and since 1937 had represented the Southwestern Life Insurance Company in Forney.

He is survived by his wife, the former Miss Nell Hill; a daughter, Mrs. Carolyn Bass of Fort Worth; two sons, Robert Milton Rhea of Terrell and Frank B. Rhea Jr., Forney; two brothers, Joe E. Rhea, Chicago, Ill., and R.P. Rhea, Dallas; a sister, Mrs. Lillian Rhea Chandler, Dallas, and three grandchildren.

Note: Frand Bland Rhea, Sr. is buried at Hillcrest Cemetery. He was born 9 May 1884 and died 5 June 1956.

 
     

 

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