Date of birth: 22 Sep 1925
Date of death: 23 Feb 2008

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Burial Information

Section 04 (Click Here for Section Map)
Cemetery: Odd Fellows Cemetery
Plot: 014A-01
Status: Occupied

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Veteran Information

Branch: US NAVY - USS Philip Gunner
Rank: S2 - SEAMAN 2ND CLASS
War/Campaign: WORLD WAR II - Solomon Islands Campaign, Philippines, and Pacific Theater

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Notes

Obituary
William Franklin Rodgers

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William Franklin "Bill" Rodgers of Kosciusko, 82, died on Saturday, February 23, 2008 at Montfort Jones Memorial Hospital in Kosciusko. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at Southern Funeral Home chapel in Lexington with burial in Odd Fellows Cemetery in Lexington. Rev. Ed McDaniel officiated.

Pallbearers were Winston Proctor, Clay Rodgers, Greg Rodgers, Josh Rodgers, Eric Rodgers, and Dustin Weeks.

Mr. Rodgers was born on September 22, 1925 in Sturgis to Arp Rodgers and Effie Louise Sanders Rodgers. He was a WWII veteran with the Navy, a printer with the Holmes County Herald and a member of First Baptist Church.

Survivors include: sons, David (Rita) Rodgers of Durant, Arpie (Dianne) Rodgers of Seffner, FL, Bill (Kerry) Rodgers, Jr., of Hattiesburg, and Sandy Rodgers of Gray Bull, WY; daughters, Kitty (Winston) Proctor of Rocky Mount, NC, and Tina (Mike) Franklin of Jacksonville, AR; brothers, Teat Rodgers of Lexington, and Wayne Rodgers of Collierville, TN; sister Rachael O'Kelley of Lexington; 13 grandchildren; and 7 great grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to: State Veterans Home, 310 Autumn Ridge Drive, Kosciusko, MS 39090.

Family Members

Parents
Carl Arp Rodgers
1902–1969

Effie Louise Sanders Rodgers
1904–1984

Siblings
Rachel Mae Rodgers O'Kelley
1928–2019

Carl Arp Rodgers
1931–2013

More information, family relationships, and images may be found by CLICKING HERE (external link)

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