'Final Rites for Joe M. Rodgers Held Monday'
Funeral services for Joe Martin Rodgers of Detroit, 74, who died at 4:15 o'clock
Sunday afternoon at the home of his daughter, Mrs. T.L. Floyd, 290 South
Twenty-fifth Street, Paris, were held at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon at the
Baptist Church of Detroit. The Rev. T.W. Mathis, Baptist minister, conducted
the service. Burial was at the Detroit Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Chester Arnold, Martin Arnold, Emmett Jones, Gaither Rodgers,
Morris Rodgers and Lindsay Wright.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Othela Rodgers; four sons, Willie Rodgers of
Blossom, Lonnie Rodgers of Detroit, Bennie Rodgers of Breckenridge, and Erbie
Rodgers of Gladewater; a foster son, Leo Rodgers; six daughters, Mrs. Maudie
Gibson and Mrs. Mamie Gibson of Detroit, Mrs. Audie Scott of Fulbright, Mrs.
Ocie Floyd of Paris, Mrs. Elsie Billips of Detroit and Mrs. Beatrice Kinnimer of
Broadway.
'Final Rites for Joe M. Rodgers Held Monday'
Funeral services for Joe Martin Rodgers of Detroit, 74, who died at 4:15 o'clock
Sunday afternoon at the home of his daughter, Mrs. T.L. Floyd, 290 South
Twenty-fifth Street, Paris, were held at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon at the
Baptist Church of Detroit. The Rev. T.W. Mathis, Baptist minister, conducted
the service. Burial was at the Detroit Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Chester Arnold, Martin Arnold, Emmett Jones, Gaither Rodgers,
Morris Rodgers and Lindsay Wright.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Othela Rodgers; four sons, Willie Rodgers of
Blossom, Lonnie Rodgers of Detroit, Bennie Rodgers of Breckenridge, and Erbie
Rodgers of Gladewater; a foster son, Leo Rodgers; six daughters, Mrs. Maudie
Gibson and Mrs. Mamie Gibson of Detroit, Mrs. Audie Scott of Fulbright, Mrs.
Ocie Floyd of Paris, Mrs. Elsie Billips of Detroit and Mrs. Beatrice Kinnimer of
Broadway.
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FATHER
Family Members
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Maudie Irene Rodgers Gibson
1889–1982
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Mamie Sophronia Rodgers Gibson
1891–1965
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William David "Willie" Rodgers
1892–1953
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Lonnie Martin Rodgers
1894–1978
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Ben Robert Rodgers
1896–1973
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Erbie Augustus Rodgers
1899–1988
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Audrie Pernenia Rodgers Canfield
1900–1993
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Ocie Ila Rodgers Floyd
1903–1988
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Elsie Rodgers Billups
1905–1979
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Beatrice Rodgers Kennemer
1907–2000
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