Rodney Everhart drown Tuesday morning, October 6, 2020, when his kayak sank in Truman Lake near the Deepwater boat ramp.

John Rodney Everhart was born August 15, 1969 in Clinton, Missouri, son of Johnny Ray Everhart and Jeri Lea McDaniel.  He was a graduate of Clinton High School and later joined the US Air Force. Rodney was talented in martial arts, opening a training school in Clinton after earning a black belt in Shotokan karate. He worked for several local businesses, and was best known as the friendly salesman at C & C Farm and Home. Rodney loved the outdoors and hunting for artifacts. Rodney was preceded in death by his grandparents, Cecil and Clara Everhart and Norman "Topsy" and Najia McDaniel; and his half-brother, Michael Wayne Everhart.

Rodney is survived by his father and stepmother, Johnny and Linda Everhart of rural Blairstown, Missouri; one half-sister, Elisha Montgomery Wilcox of Deepwater, Missouri; one aunt, Lynn McDaniel of Bolivar, Missouri; and one uncle, Ted McDaniel of Appleton City, Missouri.

A private family inurnment will be held at a later date.

Arrangements have been entrusted to the Vansant-Mills Funeral Home, Clinton.