In loving memory of
Betsy Pritchard Rhodes
September 25, 1951 - June 28, 2021
The Asheville City Schools Foundation was blessed to have Betsy as an early supporter and member of our Board of Directors. Betsy’s time with ACSF helped shape us into the impactful organization that we are today. ACSF is incredibly grateful for this memoriam gift. We are honored and humbled to remember Betsy’s kind, generous spirit through our work.
Please click below to make a contribution in memory of Betsy. Every dollar gifted will continue her legacy of caring for all children in our community. ACSF will notify Betsy’s family of memoriam donors unless otherwise noted.
Checks may be made payable to:
The Asheville City Schools Foundation
P.O. Box 3196
Asheville, NC 28802
Memo: Betsy Rhodes Memorial
“It isn’t just that Betsy Rhodes seemed to have love in every cell in her body. It’s that she worked every day to send that love out into the world.
Whether it was staying up till all hours preparing a meal, driving across the state when one of her children needed her, or just providing a sympathetic ear when you needed to talk, Betsy helped first and asked questions later.
She punctuated the end of every conversation with “love, love, love,” and you knew it came from the heart. She took greeting card sentiments and made them real.
She found a reason to love everyone, and continually looked for ways to serve. Even in hospice care, she wanted to lighten the burden of her nurses, to the point that they had to assure her that they loved their work, they were there to comfort her, and she didn’t have to apologize for asking for something.
Betsy Rhodes died June 28 at the age of 69 at Hock Family Pavilion in Durham. She spent her final days there, surrounded by friends and family, after being treated for pancreatic cancer at Duke University Medical Center.
Nearly every day of her life before that she spent in Asheville. She was born there in 1951, moved back after college, and spent most of her adult life in a house just a couple of blocks from the one where she grew up.
Betsy truly bloomed where she was planted. She spent her lifetime as the member of one church, Grace Covenant Presbyterian on Merrimon Avenue. She spent her professional career as a teacher in the Asheville public schools. And she had one true love, Sam Rhodes, whom she married in 1978.
Together they raised three children: Jim, who now lives in Charlotte with wife Chelsea and daughters Ellie, Maggie and Sadie; Katie, who lives in Charlotte with husband Erik Mendelssohn and son Samuel; and Meg, who lives in Raleigh with husband Alan Chester…”
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For questions, please contact:
James Carter
Interim Director of Development and Alumni Relations
828 - 348 - 6566
james.carter@acsgmail.net