Sussex County-Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rogers, Nell B. Cowling, 2001 

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NELL COWLING ROGERS 

  WAKEFIELD - Nell Cowling Rogers, 79, a former resident of Wakefield, died 
at her home in Norfolk on Monday, Aug. 13, 2001.  Born in Sussex County on 
July 24, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Bernice Everett Cowling Sr. 
and Edna Earl Branch Cowling.  She was the wife of the late George Benjamin 
Rogers Sr.  Mrs. Rogers had worked as a nurse's aide and was a member of Rocky 
Hock United Methodist Church where she served as a member of the United 
Methodist Women's Association.

  She is survived by two sons, George B. Rogers, Jr. and Larry Everett 
Rogers, both of Wakefield; a daughter, Anne Carolyn R. Davis of Norfolk; two 
brothers, B.E. Cowling Jr. and Albert C. Cowling, both of Waverly; three 
sisters, Frances C. Lowe, and Dorothy C. Moody, both of Wakefield and Edna E. 
Schwichtenberg of Tucson, Ariz.; three grandchildren; and several nieces and 
nephews.

  A funeral will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in Rocky Hock United Methodist 
Church, Wakefield, by the Rev. Don Chapman.  Interment will be in Wakefield 
Cemetery.  The family will receive friends at Purviance Funeral Home, 
Wakefield, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today.

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NELL COWLING ROGERS 

  WAKEFIELD - Nell Cowling Rogers, 79, a former resident of Wakefield, died at 
her home in Norfolk on Monday, Aug. 13, 2001.  Born in Sussex County on July 
24, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Bernice Everett Cowling Sr. and 
Edna Earl Branch Cowling.  She was the wife of the late George Benjamin Rogers 
Sr.  Mrs. Rogers had worked as a nurse's aide and was a member of Rocky Hock 
United Methodist Church where she served as a member of the United Methodist 
Women's Association.

  She is survived by two sons, George B. Rogers, Jr. and Larry Everett Rogers, 
both of Wakefield; a daughter, Anne Carolyn R. Davis of Norfolk; two brothers, 
B.E. Cowling Jr. and Albert C. Cowling, both of Waverly; three sisters, 
Frances C. Lowe, and Dorothy C. Moody, both of Wakefield and Edna E. 
Schwichtenberg of Tucson, Ariz.; three grandchildren; and several nieces and 
nephews.

  A funeral will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. in Rocky Hock United Methodist 
Church, Wakefield, by the Rev. Don Chapman.  Interment will be in Wakefield 
Cemetery.  The family will receive friends at Purviance Funeral Home, 
Wakefield, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today. 


Nell Branch (COWLING; Mrs. George B. Sr.) ROGERS, formerly of Wakefield, 
b. 24 Jul 1922, Sussex Co., d. 13 Aug 2001, at home, Norfolk, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 16 Aug 2001, 
Purviance Funeral Home obit; 
"Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Aug. 14, 2001 

*Her parents & grandparents are also buried there. 
   Wakefield list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

Her father's obit (Purviance Funeral Home, 1980) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/c452b1ob.txt 

Her mother's obit ("Daily Press," Aug. 21, 1979, p. 24) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/c452e2ob.txt 


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