OBIT: Lester Samuel RODGERS, 1954, Woodford Co.
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Submitted by: David Middleton Edelen II
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Date: 22 August 2002
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From the PRATTVILLE PROGRESS, THURSDAY, NOV. 25, 1954.

Lester S. Rodgers died Monday morning at 5:50 O'Clock in the Veteran's Hospital in Montgomery 
following a short illness.

Mr. Rodgers, son of the late John Fleming Rodgers and Sarah Isabel Williams Rodgers, was born 
September 30, 1887, and spent most of his life in Kentucky. He had resided in Prattville for 
more than 20 years and was an employee of Continental Gin Company. He was a member of the
Elks Club and the VFW in Montgomery, and a member of the First Presbyterian Church (in 
Prattville) and the American Legion.

Surviving are the widow Mrs. Maude Janet (White) Rodgers; a son, John Wm. Rodgers of Prattville, 
a daughter; Mrs.  F. C. Edelen (Mdn. name: Eliz. Carolina Rodgers), Dallas, Texas, and a sister; 
Mrs. T. O. Blackerby of Naugatuck, Conn.. Five grandchildren also survive.

Funeral services were held Wednesday morning, November 24th, at 10 O'clock from the residence 
on Wetumpka Street with Rev. C. Lewis Morrison officiating. Burial was in Oak Hill Cemetery 
with Spigener Funeral Home of Clanton in charge of arrangements.

Active pallbearers were Jasper Buckner, Warren Howell, Gordon Vinson, J. R. Dawson, Jimmy 
Parrish, and Howard Anderson.

Members of the American Legion and P. L. Smith, C. G. Smith, G. C. Starcher, Gardner Stewart, 
Maury McWilliams, and F. L. Gaddis sered as honorary pallbearers.


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