Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rogers, Hettie M. and Clarence E., 1939 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ HETTIE MAE AND CLARENCE E. ROGERS Hettie Mae (1908-1934) and Clarence (1913-1939) Rogers were two of six children of Ida Mae and George W. Rogers. Both died at the age of 26 years old. Hettie died of tuberculosis that she contracted while attending school in Dendron. Several of her classmates also perished of the disease during the same period. Very little is known about Clarence other than he loved motorcycles. He often rode with Elwood Goodrich and Raymond Chappell. He died of an epileptic seizure at Elwood’s home. Clarence and Hettie Mae were born on the farm where Mary Elizabeth Rogers lives today. They lived there until their father’s death in 1913 when their mother Ida Mae moved the family to the farm that is between Larry Rogers’ home and Sonny Boykin’s home. Clarence and Hettie are buried in Rocky Hock Cemetery. Hettie Mae ROGERS, b. 9 May 1908, Surry Co., d. 18 Dec 1934, at home, Surry Co., interred in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery, 19 Dec 1934, D.Cert. 30179 (Blackwater #13) Find a Grave Mem. #20638113 Clarence Emerson ROGERS, farmer, b. 26 Apr 1913, Surry Co., d. 22 Jan 1939, Wakefield, interred in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery, 23 Jan 1939, D.Cert. 2460 (Wakefield #3) gives b. May 1913 Find a Grave Mem. #20638123 donated memorial: Thanks to Larry Rogers for the information and pictures. THE HISTORY OF OUR CHURCH PEWS: Given in Memory of Hettie Mae Rogers, Clarence E. Rogers. By their Mother Ida Mae Rogers. Their parents are also buried in there. 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/r262h1ob.txt