Virgil
Riley
"Dusty Rhodes"
Runnels
Jr.
Born in Austin, Travis, Texas, United States
Ancestors 
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
[private wife (1940s - unknown)]
Husband of
[private wife (1950s - unknown)]
Father of
Cody (Runnels) Rhodes
Died
at age 69
in Orlando, Orange, Florida, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Dec 2019
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Biography
Virgil Runnels Jr. is Notable.
Virgil Runnels was an American Professional Wrestler, booker and trainer better known by the ring name Dusty Rhodes.
Virgil, aka "Dusty Rhodes - The American Dream" was born in 1945, the son of Virgil Releigh Runnels, Sr. and Katherine Maxine Sanders.
- Note: His birth index record shows date of birth as 11 Oct 1945, but Wikipedia shows it as 12 Oct 1945. The former is used here."
He married his first wife in 1965 and they had two children, a boy and a girl. They later divorced in 1975.
Dusty married his second wife in 1978. They also had two children. They remained married until he died.
He has two sons that followed in his foodsteps and became professional wrestlers.
Dusty passed away in 2015 and his ashes were scattered at a ranch in Texas. [1]
Sources
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #147723878 for Dusty Rhodes (11 Oct 1945–11 Jun 2015), ; Maintained by Find A Grave Cremated, Ashes scattered, who reports a Ashes scattered at his Texas ranch.
- 1950 Census "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XPH-YHTX : Fri Oct 06 05:04:16 UTC 2023), Entry for Henry A Sanders and Virgil R Runnels, 8 April 1950.
- Second marriage "Florida Marriage Index, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VJSK-W44 : 28 November 2014), Virgil Riley Runnels and MM9.1.1/VJSK-W4H:, 17 Aug 1978; from "Florida, Marriage Collection, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2006); citing Florida Department of Health, Jacksonville, Florida; and Jordan Dodd, Liahona Research.
- "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVM4-LHZL : 16 May 2014), Virgil R Runnels, Residence, Lutz, Florida, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.
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