Ann Figuers McLemore

Family/Spouse: Maj. Benjamin Armstead Rogers, Sr.. Benjamin was born about 1835 in Tennessee; died on 18 Jul 1902 in Alabama; was buried in Florence Cemetery, Florence, Lauderdale County, Alabama. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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(Research):Name Olive Gertrude Rogers
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Name Prefix
Event Date 31 May 1945
Event Place Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama
Gender Female
Race (Original)
Race
Age (Original) 78y 5m 22d
Birth Year (Estimated) 1867
Birth Date (Original)
Birthplace
Marital Status
Spouse's Name
Spouse's Titles and Terms
Spouse's Name Prefix
Father's Name B. A. Rogers
Father's Titles and Terms
Father's Name Prefix
Father's Birthplace
Mother's Name Anna Figares Mclemore
Mother's Titles and Terms
Mother's Name Prefix
Mother's Birthplace
Occupation
Address
Residence Place
Cemetery
Burial Place
Burial Date
Funeral Home
Informant's Name
Informant's Name (Original)
GS Film number 1908795
Reference ID cn 9193



Citing this Record:
"Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J6MV-55D : accessed 13 December 2014), Olive Gertrude Rogers, 31 May 1945; citing reference cn 9193, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,908,795.

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Name Benjamin A. Rogers
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Name Prefix
Event Date 03 Mar 1936
Event Place Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama
Gender Male
Race (Original) White
Race White
Age (Original) 63y 1m 16d
Birth Year (Estimated)
Birth Date (Original) 17 Jan 1873
Birthplace Tenn.
Marital Status Widowed
Spouse's Name Virginia Sherrod Rogers
Spouse's Titles and Terms
Spouse's Name Prefix
Father's Name B. A. Rogers, Sr.
Father's Titles and Terms
Father's Name Prefix
Father's Birthplace Tenn.
Mother's Name Anna Mclemore
Mother's Titles and Terms
Mother's Name Prefix
Mother's Birthplace Tenn.
Occupation Merchant
Address 426 N. Wood Ave.
Residence Place Florence, Lauderdale, Ala.
Cemetery Florence Cem.
Burial Place
Burial Date 04 Mar 1936
Funeral Home
Informant's Name
Informant's Name (Original) X
GS Film number 1908540
Reference ID cn 7138

Citing this Record:
"Alabama, Deaths, 1908-1974," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JD51-TGY : accessed 13 December 2014), Benjamin A. Rogers, 03 Mar 1936; citing reference cn 7138, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 1,908,540.

His FindAGrave memorial page has a scan of a photo of him, and also links to the Memorial page of his wife, Virginia Sherrod (1888-1916).

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His FindAGrave memorial page contains a scan of a photo, and also a link to the memorial page of his wife, Alberta Mims (1892-1964)

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A scan of her obituary was posted by Wanda Quinn Bradford to her FindAGrave memorial page, created by "Scrappy."

The obituary noted that she was the youngest surviving daughter of Mrs. B. A. Rogers, and died "after a herioc struggle with a long and painful illness", which she was stricken with in the fall of the last year. At the time of her death she was being taken to Mobile by train for a blood transfusion, but died prior to it's arrival. At her funeral service, "a bridal wreath...covered the casket, recalling the formal announcement made in the early stages of her illness of her forth-coming marriage to have occurred on the 5th of January."

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A scan of her obituary was posted by Wanda Quinn Bradford to her FindAGrave memorial page, created by "Scrappy." It noted that she was "ill only a few days before the termination of her bright young life, the sudden summons was a shock to her friends and a stunning blow to the bereaved family. Miss Rogers had just entered her 17th year...she was the youngest daughter of Maj. and Mrs. B. A. Rogers, the idol of the family. The funeral took place Sunday morning at the First Methodist Church, conducted by Rev. W. T. Andres and assisted by Rev. H. E. Kirk, and the interment in the city cemetery."