Robert Nelson RODGERS

1881 - 1958  (77 years)

• Name	Robert Nelson RODGERS
  Birth	31 Jan 1881	Bath County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	4DB5FB0A4B474DF6920008364C73AAA1B62C
  Death	14 Nov 1958	Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Burial	Saint Jacobs Spaders Lutheran Church Cemetery, Mount Crawford, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Notes	Copied from findagrave.com|: Robert Nelson Rodgers, 77, a resident of the Mt. Crawford-Pleasant Valley community, died at 8:55 Friday night (Nov. 14, 1958) at Rockingham Memorial Hospital. Mr. Rodgers had been in failing health for the two years and had been seriously ill for the past two weeks. He was admitted to the hospital Friday night and died a short time later. A son of the late Adam Rodgers and Maggie Ginger Rodgers, he was born on January 31, 1881, in Bath County where he spent his early life. He later moved to Nelson county but for the past sixty years had been residing in Rockingham county. He devoted the greater portion of his life to farming and was a member of the Whitesels EUB Church. He was a former member of the Junior Order. On May 8, 1904, he married Miss Lillie Minter, who survives him. Besides wife, he is survived by eight children, Charles M. Rodgers, Harry Rodgers, and Walter M. Rodgers, all of Mt. Crawford; W. Theodore Rodgers, and Robert N. Rodgers, both of Harrisonburg; Mrs. Anne Lee Shull, of Bridgewater: Mrs. Virginia Storm, of Cockeysville, Md.; and Henry F. Rodgers, of Staunton. He also leaves eighteen grandchildren: three great grandchildren; three brothers, Howard Rodgers, of Timberville; Harry Rodgers, of Winchester, and Frank Rodgers, of Rockingham, and a number of nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held this (Sunday) afternoon at three o'clock from the Lindsey Harrisonburg Funeral Home. The Rev. Charles B. Robinson and the Rev. Marvin Maiden will conduct the services, and burial will be in the St. Jacobs (Spaders) Lutheran Church Cemetery. The body now rests at the funeral Home where relatives, friends, and pallbearers are asked to meet this afternoon at two-forty-five. Active pallbearers will be: Floyd W. Morris, Warren Denton, Jr., Bernard R. Minnich, Jack Robert, Weldon W. Flory, and J. Paul Manning. The Daily News Leader (Staunton, VA), Sunday, November 16, 1958
  Person ID	I9962	America
  Last Modified	14 Nov 2025

  
  

  Family	Lillie Maude Minter,   b. 21 Apr 1886, Nelson, Virginia, USA d. 19 Sep 1975, Mount Crawford, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	8 May 1904	Nelson, Virginia, USA   [2]
  Family ID	F4216	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Nov 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S66] findagrave.com, November 2014 and later. [S70] Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940, Ancestry.com, Nov 2014 and later.