Southampton-Wise County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rogers, M. Elizabeth Morris, 1988 

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MARY ELIZABETH MORRIS SNIPES ROGERS

EDUCATOR DIES IN FRANKLIN

Elizabeth Morris Rogers, a former teacher and member of the state Board of 
Education, died at Southampton Memorial Hospital yesterday.  She was 71.

A native of Big Stone Gap, Mrs. Rogers was a graduate of Longwood College. 
She taught at high schools in Norfolk, Portsmouth and Franklin and served 
two terms on the state Board of Education.

She is survived by her husband, Edward T. Rogers; a daughter, Pamela R. Hardy 
of Montpelier; a son, Edward T. Rogers of Yardley, Pa.; and a brother, Frank 
Morris of Richmond.

A funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Franklin Baptist Church.  Burial 
will in Poplar Spring Cemetery.

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EX-MEMBER OF EDUCATION PANEL IS DEAD

Mrs. Elizabeth M. Rogers, a retired teacher and former member of the Virginia 
State Board of Education, died yesterday in a local hospital after a lengthy 
illness.  She was 71.

A native of Big Stone Gap, Mrs. Rogers attended public school there.  She 
graduated from Longwood College, then taught at Carrsville High School in 
Isle of Wight County for several years.

From the 1950s until her retirement in 1961 she taught at Franklin High School 
here, Oscar Smith High School in Portsmouth and Granby High School in Norfolk.

In the late 1960s, she was appointed to the State Board of Education by then-
Gov. Mills E. Godwin Jr.  She served two consecutive terms.

Mrs. Rogers was a member of the Franklin Baptist Church and the Franklin Book 
Club.

Survivors include her husband, Edward T. Rogers of Franklin; a daughter, Mrs. 
Pamela R. Hardy of Montpelier; a son, Edward Rogers Jr. of Yardley, Pa., a 
brother, Frank Morris of Richmond; and two grandchildren.

A funeral will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at Franklin Baptist Church.  Burial 
will follow in Poplar Spring Cemetery in Franklin.


Mary Elizabeth (MORRIS SNIPES; Edward T.) ROGERS, of Franklin, 
retired teacher, former member of Va. State Board of Education, 
Big Stone Gap native, d. 16 Mar 1988, Franklin, age 71, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 38A*), Franklin, 
   18 Mar 1988, 
"Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Mar. 17, 1988 [both obits] 

*Buried with 1st husband Wm.E. SNIPES, Jr. (1914-1958). 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 


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