Surry-Isle of Wight County-Petersburg City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rogers, Mabel C. Edwards, 1928 

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MABEL C. EDWARDS ROGERS 

PROMINENT SURRY WOMAN DIES AT RICHMOND HOTEL 

  DENDRON, VA. - Sept. 17 - Mrs. Mabel C. Rogers, wife of J. Ernest Rogers, 
of the Surry Lumber Company, was found dead in her room at Murphy's Hotel, 
Richmond, on Saturday.

  She was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Edwards, and in addition 
to her husband is survived by two sisters, Mrs. L.L. Valliance, Smithfield, 
and Mrs. A.R. Morris, Dendron.  The late W.A. Edwards, clerk of the Circuit 
Court, Isle of Wight County, was her brother.  She was a member of the Dendron 
Methodist Church for a long number of years and an active member of the Sunday 
school and teacher of the Young Ladies Bible Class, active in the missionary 
society and other organizations of the church.  She was interested in and 
active in the local organization of the United Daughter of the Confederacy, 
and one of the most widely known citizens of Surry County.  The funeral took 
place Sunday afternoon at Dendron. 

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FUNERAL OF MRS. ROGERS HELD FROM DENDRON CHURCH 

  The funeral of Mrs. J.E. Rogers, aged 57, who died in her room at a hotel in 
Richmond of heart failure early Saturday, was conducted at Dendron Methodist 
Church Sunday afternoon by the pastor, Rev. A.W. Linthicum, assisted by Rev. 
J.H. Cosby, pastor of Dendron Baptist Church.  The attendance was larger than 
at any funeral held in Dendron in years.

  In addition to her husband, Ernest Rogers, official of the Surry Lumber 
Company, the deceased is survived by two sisters, Mrs. L.L. Vellines of 
Smithfield and Mrs. A.R. Morris, of Dendron, a large number of nieces and 
nephews and a host of friends throughout Surry County, Richmond and Norfolk.
She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Edwards and a sister of the 
late W.A. Edwards, sheriff of Isle of Wight County.  Interment was at 
Petersburg.


Mabel Claire (EDWARDS; Mrs. J. Ernest) ROGERS, of Dendron, 
b. 18 May 1872, Isle of Wight Co., d. 15 Sep 1928, Richmond, 
interred in Blandford Cemetery*, Petersburg, 22 Jan 1957, 
donated obit, publication unknown; 
"The Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 8, No. 16, Sep. 20, 1928, p. 1  

*Her Find a Grave Memorial (#69953673) incorrectly gives b. Dendron.  A photo 
   of her monument is included, which states b. near Smithfield. 

Birthplace &c. from D.Cert. #20838, which gives dt/o James Edwards & unknown. 

James T. Edwards m. Penina Stringfield, dt/o Edwin, 7 Mar 1853, 
   in Isle of Wight Co.  (FamilySearch.org "Virginia Marriages") 

The family appear in the 1900 Census in Hardy Dist. (#30), Isle of Wight Co. 
   Her bro Willie A., then Deputy County Clerk, lived next door.  (p. 262) 


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