Rodgers, Sarah "Sallie" (Eubanks)

Sarah Jane Eubanks Rodgers

"Sallie"

Date of birth: 07 Dec 1860
Date of death: 11 Dec 1938

Burial Information

Section 09 (Click Here for Section Map)
Cemetery: Odd Fellows Cemetery
Plot: 0390-05
Status: Occupied

Notes

Obituary
Sarah Eubanks Rodgers

Mrs. Rodgers Passes at Home in County

Mrs. Sarah Eubanks Rodgers, pioneer citizen of Holmes County, Miss., And mother of W. C. Rodgers, Memphis attorney, died suddenly at 8 o'clock Saturday morning, December 10, at her home at Owens Wells. She was 78.

At her bedside when she died were two sons, W. C. Rodgers of Memphis and Hillman P. Rogers, associated with the Memphis paper Co., who lived in Brunswick, Tenn. The two sons, with their families, were spending the weekend at their mother's home.

Mrs. Rodgers was a native of Lexington Her husband, William Clay Rogers, died nearly a year ago.

Surviving are six sons: W. C. Rodgers, Memphis; Hillman P. Rodgers, Brunswick, Tenn.; M. L Rodgers, Lake Village, Ark.; R. D. Rodgers, Rolling Fork, Miss.; Frank H. Rodgers, Richton, Miss., and Carl Rodgers, Durant; and a daughter, Mrs. J. D. Gibson, Hartley, Miss. She was the mother of the late Clinton E. Rodgers, Lexington.

Services were conducted at Lexington. Burial was in Odd Fellows Cemetery.

The Durant News
Durant, MS
Dec. 15, 1938
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