Emily Austin Rhoads

LEXINGTON - Emily Austin Rhoads, age 27, born May 11, 1987, in Greenville, Kentucky died on August 16, 2014, in Lexington, Kentucky of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was a 2005 graduate of Muhlenberg South High School. In 2009, she graduated with honors from the University of Kentucky with a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish. Emily was a benefits proposal analyst at Assured Neace Lukens in Lexington, Kentucky. She also continued her college job one night a week at the Chop House where she was loved by the "regulars." She was a member of Second Baptist Church in Greenville. Emily had an amazing sense of adventure and loved to travel. One of her most memorable trips was the summer she spent in Malaga, Spain. Emily, described by many as authentic, loving, beautiful inside and out, loved life. She demonstrated that love by her desire to be an organ donor. Her heart, liver, and kidneys are giving life to three different individuals. She was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, Willis and Margaret Sumner, paternal grandfather, Haskell E. Rhoads, two aunts, Susan Sumner and Nelda Sumner, and an uncle, Kent Rhoads. She is survived by her parents, John and Martha Rhoads of Greenville; her grandmother, Wanda Heath of Belton; two brothers, Travis (Lisa) Rhoads of Brandenburg and Eric Shelton(Kelly Hollimon) of Greenville; one sister, Kerry (Jeff) Mansir of Gardiner, Maine; three nieces, Neeli Rhoads, Catherine and Sarah Mansir; three nephews, Bryant Rhoads, Patrick Mansir, and Sumner Shelton; uncles, Doug (Tassie) Sumner of Louisville, David (Gena) Sumner of Grainger, Indiana, and Brad Heath of Belton; aunts, Sarah (Rick) Hempel of Danville, Pam (Curtis) Perry of Dunmor, Trina Rhoads of Frankfort, and many cousins. She is also survived by her Lexington "family," Joel Ewing, Alyssa Hawkins, Trish Mattison, Kim Reed, and her dog, Jack. Funeral services will be Wednesday, August 20, 2014, at 1:00PM at Second Baptist Church in Greenville, with Rev. Bob Thurman officiating, assisted by Chris Dennis. Burial in Lewisburg Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday after 10:00AM at the church. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to Second Baptist Church Youth Department. Envelopes will be available at the church. Tucker Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be made at www.tuckerfuneralhomes.com.