1941 â 2021
Joe was born in October 1941 in Cuero, TX to his father who shared his name, Joseph Stockton Rhodes and his mother, Roberta Lee Rhodes. His father worked for the Shell Oil Company and they moved a number of times throughout Texas and ultimately to Houston where Joe spent much of his early years and developed his life-long aversion to humidity.
Joe then moved with his family to Roswell, NM in 1957 (9th grade), where he attended Roswell High School and was a multi-sport star athlete lettering in football, basketball and track. His coaches called him âLittle Joe the Wranglerâ. More importantly, it was at Roswell High that he met the love of his life, Ellen Kay (Henderson) Rhodes, whom he married on September 8, 1962 and was married for 52 years, and had two children, before she passed following a courageous battle with Alzheimerâs Disease in 2014.
1941 – 2021
Joe was born in October 1941 in Cuero, TX to his father who shared his name, Joseph Stockton Rhodes and his mother, Roberta Lee Rhodes. His father worked for the Shell Oil Company and they moved a number of times throughout Texas and ultimately to Houston where Joe spent much of his early years and developed his life-long aversion to humidity. Joe then moved with his family to Roswell, NM in 1957 (9th grade), where he attended Roswell High School and was a multi-sport star athlete lettering in football, basketball and track. His coaches called him “Little Joe the Wrangler”. More importantly, it was at Roswell High that he met the love of his life, Ellen Kay (Henderson) Rhodes, whom he married on September 8, 1962 and was married for 52 years, and had two children, before she passed following a courageous battle with Alzheimer’s Disease in 2014. Joe often worked in the oil fields during summers and also once for the Kansas City Chiefs who held their summer camp at