Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rogers, A. Bena, 1968 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ ANSEBELIA BENA ROGERS Miss Ansebelia Bena Rogers, 53, died Feb. 20 at Newport News Hospital after a long illness. She was a lifelong resident of Surry Co. and a member of Rocky Hock Methodist Church. She was the daughter of George W. and Ida Goodrich Rogers. She is survived by one sister, Mrs. Mary R. Bailey of Norfolk and two brothers, S. Oliver Rogers and G. Benjamin Rogers both of Wakefield. Services will be held at Purviance Funeral Chapel in Wakefield, Thursday, Feb. 22 at 2:30 p.m. with burial at Rocky Hock Cemetery. Rev. Edward B. Owen and Rev. L.P. Bland will officiate. Pallbearers are C.M. Ellis, Jr., Joe Eggleston, S.A. Whitmore, Jr., Fred T. Goodrich and B.H. Goodrich. ****************************************************************************** MISS ANSEBELIA ROGERS WAKEFIELD - Miss Ansebelia Bena Rogers, 53, died Tuesday in a Newport News hospital after a brief illness. She was a lifelong resident of Surry County, a daughter of George W. and Mrs. Ida Goodrich Rogers. She was a member of Rocky Hock Methodist Church. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Mary R. Bailey of Norfolk, and two brothers, S. Oliver Rogers and G. Benjamin Rogers of Wakefield. A funeral service will be held Thursday at 2:30 p.m. in Purviance Funeral Chapel by the Rev. Edward B. Owen and the Rev. L.P. Bland. Burial will be in Rocky Hock Church Cemetery. Ansebelia Bena ROGERS, b. 8 Mar 1915, Surry Co., d. 20 Feb 1968, Newport News, interred in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery (Plot 67*), Surry Co., 22 Feb 1968, Purviance Funeral Home obit; donated obit, publication unknown *Rocky Hock list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/cemeteries/rockyhk.txt Her parents are buried in the same plot. A photo of her gravestone is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #20638061. Her mother's (donated, 1958) obit & a memorial to her are posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/r262i2ob.txt Her father's (donated, 1915) obit & a memorial to the couple are posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/r262g5ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/r262b3ob.txt