Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rogers, Mary E. Pittman, 2011 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ MARY ELIZABETH PITTMAN ROGERS Mary Elizabeth Pittman Rogers, 93, of Wakefield, Va., died Aug. 21, 2011, in Surry County, Va. She was predeceased by her husband S. Oliver Rogers, two sisters, Frances Brantley, also of Wakefield, and Marion Troxler of Raleigh, N.C., her brother, Ernest Pittman of Wakefield, Va., and her daughter-in-law, Jane Abramson of Great Falls, Va. Born on March 10, 1918, in Dendron, Va., she was the daughter of the late Ernest "Buddy" and Emma Grubbs Pittman. Mrs. Rogers was a member of Rocky Hock United Methodist Church, a member of the Wakefield Woman's Club and the Dendron Historical Society. She also volunteered at the Troxler Memorial Library that was named in memory of her sister, Marion. She is survived by three sons, Ernest O. Rogers of Great Falls, Va.; Thomas D. Rogers and his wife Connie Royer of Richmond, Va.; and Jerry L. Rogers and his wife, Penna Rogers, of Wakefield, Va.; and several nieces and nephews. Family received friends at J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home in Wakefield from 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011. The funeral was conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011 at Rocky Hock Methodist Church with the Rev. Cliff Fritzinger officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery. J.T. Morris & Son Funeral Home in Wakefield, Va, is handling arrangements. Mary Elizabeth (PITTMAN; Mrs. Samuel Oliver) ROGERS, b. 10 Mar 1918, Dendron, Surry Co., d. 21 Aug 2011, Surry Co., interred in Rocky Hock Methodist Church Cemetery (Plot 9*), Surry Co., 25 Aug 2011, "Sussex-Surry Dispatch" (Wakefield, VA), Aug. 14, 2011 *Rocky Hock list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/cemeteries/rockyhk.txt Her husband's obits ("Smithfield Times," Dec. 2, 1987, B-4, & donated) are posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/r262o2ob.txt Her parents are buried in Wakefield Cemetery - Section H. Wakefield list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt His mother's obit (Purviance Funeral Home, 1958) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/p355e5ob.txt.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/r262m3ob.txt