Southampton-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rogers, Beverly B., 1938 

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BEVERLY BOOTH ROGERS

   Funeral services for Beverly Booth Rogers, prominent lumberman and business 
man of Courtland, whose death occurred last Saturday, were conducted Monday 
from the residence in Courtland at 3 o'clock.  The Rev. A.W. Roten officiated, 
assisted by the Rev. J.E. Brooks, former pastor of Courtland M.E. Church and 
the Rev. Tunstall of Petersburg.  Mrs. C.W. Parker and Mrs. T.P. Gilbert sang 
"The Old Rugged Cross," "God Will Take Care of You," being sung by the members 
of the Courtland Methodist choir.

   There was a large attendance and there were many beautiful flowers, the 
casket being covered with a pall of Easter lilies, fern and pink roses.  The 
pallbearers were W.E. Edwards, W.J. Sebrell, Dr. I.P. Gilbert, O.M. Joyner, 
J.W. Rollison, Dr. G.H. Quillen, James T. Gillette and C.W. Williams, honorary 
bearers being friends of the family.  Burial was in Riverside Cemetery.

   Mr. Rogers was the son of Mrs. Julia E. Rogers of Petersburg and the late 
Robert A. Rogers of Sussex.  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ida Powell 
Rogers; two sons, Beverly Rudolph and Olden Douglas; his mother, Mrs. Julia 
Rogers, of Petersburg; two brothers, Paul R. and Harvey L. Rogers of 
Petersburg, and four sisters, Mrs. Ada L. Parsons of Waverly and Mrs. M.D. 
Thompson, Mrs. V.W. Gates and Mrs. J.E. Steger of Petersburg.


Beverly Booth ROGERS, of Courtland, lumberman & businessman, 
d. 9 Apr 1938, age 58, 
interred in Riverside Cemetery (Section I, Plot 46A*), Courtland, 11 Apr 1938, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Apr. 15, 1938, p. 1 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Riverside list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt 

His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Sep. 20, 1962, p. 5) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/r262i1ob.txt 


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