Funeral services for James Walker Rhodes will be held at Whitaker Funeral Home Chapin Chapel at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday May 7 2003 with Pastor David A. Tholstrup officiating. Burial with military honors will take place in Arlington National Cemetery Arlington Va. Memorials may be made to St. Peter Lutheran Church 900 Dreher Island Road Chapin S. C. 29036. Mr. Rhodes resided in Washington D. C. until he moved to Generations of Chapin in March 2003. Mr. Rhodes died Monday May 5 2003 in Palmetto Health Richland Hospital. He was born on September 19 1919 in Huntsville Alabama. He was a son of the late Pearl Stolz Rhodes and James Madison Rhodes. He was a graduate of Greensboro High School Greensboro N.C. He was a member of Faith Lutheran Church Oxon Hill Maryland but regularly attended services at the U. S. Soldiers and Airmen's Retirement Home Chapel in Washington. He was a member of the White House Press Photographers Association and other civic and professional organizations. Mr. Rhodes was retired from the U. S. Air Force and from NBC News Washington D. C. During WW II he served in the U.. S. Army and was the recipient of nine bronze battle stars and three purple hearts. In 1947 he enlisted in the Army Air Corps and served as a cameraman. After retirement from the Air Force he was a cameraman for NBC where he covered the United States Senate the United States House of Representatives and the White House. Mr. Rhodes is survived by his former wife Eleanor Frick Rhodes of Chapin stepdaughter and husband Melanie and Bob Mangum of Chapin stepson and wife Kenneth and Maggie Cope and two step-granddaughters Christine and Alexandria Cope all of Savannah Ga. one sister Dolly Rhodes Ryland of Huntsville Alabama; and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by brother Edward Rhodes and sisters Della Rhodes Bobo Evelyn Rhodes Ryland and Lois Rhodes Steger. Messages to the family may be sent via email to notes@whitakerfuneralhome.com Whitaker Funeral Home 939 Chapin Road Chapin is assisting the family.