Surry-Sussex County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rogers, John W., 1939 

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JOHN WALTER ROGERS 

J.W. ROGERS SUCCUMBS AT CARSLEY HOME 

Prominent Surry County Merchant and Farmer Dies at Age of 85 

WAS DIRECTOR OF LOCAL BANK 

Funeral Services Held Friday with Burial in Plot near Dendron 

  CARSLEY - Funeral services for John Walter Rogers, prominent merchant and 
farmer, who died at his home here last Thursday were held Friday afternoon. 
Mr. Rogers, a life-long resident of Surry County, was 85 years old.  He was 
active in the religious, business, civic and fraternal life of Surry County 
and Waverly.  He was the oldest member of the Waverly Masonic Lodge and was 
director of the Bank of Waverly, Inc.

IN FAILING HEALTH 

  He had been in failing health for some time and had been ill for several 
days.  Death occurred at 12:30 a.m. Thursday.

  The funeral services were held with the Rev. Mr. Robinson, pastor of the 
Carsley Methodist Church, of which Mr. Rogers was a life-ling member, 
officiating.  Burial was made in the family plot near Dendron.

  Mr. Rogers was the son of William T. Rogers and Mary Julia Goodrich.  In 
1877 he was married to Martha Leonora Cofer.  She preceded him in death by 
three years.

SIX CHILDREN SURVIVE 

  He is survived by six children, former Senator William Oliver Rogers, of 
Waverly; Dr. Richard Ovid Rogers, of Bluefield, W.Va.; J. Herbert Rogers, of 
Carsley; Mrs. O.P. Higgins, of Waverly; Mrs. John S. Gale, of Carsley, and 
Mrs. F.T. Joyner of Ivor; also half-brothers and sisters, Joshua Rogers, of 
Wakefield; George and Ralph Rogers, of Newport News; Mrs. Lloyd Price, of 
Newport News, and Mrs. Sidney Johnson, of Dendron.  Also 19 grandchildren 
and 5 great-grandchildren.

  Pallbearers included: Richard Gale, James Cofer Gale, John Rogers, O.P. 
Higgins, Jr., Horace Higgins, William Higgins, A. Paul Hartz and Edwin T. 
Coulbourn.


John Walter ROGERS, merchant & farmer, 
b. 9 Nov 1854, Surry Co., d. 10 Aug 1939, at home, Surry Co., 
interred in the family cemetery, near Dendron, 11 Aug 1939, 
"The Sussex-Surry Dispatch," Aug. 17, 1939 

*Find a Grave Mem. #185328434 lists in Waverly Cemetery. 

Birthdate &c. from D.Cert. 18966 (Guilford #8) 

His wife's D.Cert. 1936-14331 (Guilford #4) gives bu. Family Square, 
   by undertaker Waverly Furniture Co. 

Find a Grave Mem. #185328625 lists her in Waverly Cemetery. 

Walter was the son of William Thomas and Mary Julia (GOODRICH) ROGERS. {1wf} 
   Thomas 2m. Elizabeth R. ANDREWS, circa 1879. 
   (1900 Census - Blackwater Dist., Surry Co.) 

His father's D.Cert. 1920-25279 (Guilford #3) gives son of Thomas & 
   Harriett (DAVIS) ROGERS; bu. Family Cemetery in Surry Co. 


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