Jettie B. Rogers

January 22, 1923 - December 29, 2012

Jettie B. Rogers, age 89, of Union City formerly of the Elbridge Community died Saturday, December 29, 2012, at the Memphis Jewish Home in Cordova, TN. She was born January 22, 1923 in Columbia, TN, the daughter of the late Arthur Elmore and Estella (McNabb) Anderson. She was a homemaker and a member of the Pleasant Valley United Methodist Church in Union City. She was a former member of the Elbridge Methodist Church and an active member of the Elbridge Cemetery Association. She is survived by a son Allen Rogers and wife Martha of Water Valley, MS; three daughters, Jo Ann Purtle and husband Russell of Collierville, TN, Lynn Oberholtzer and husband Ben of Germantown, TN, and Carol Latimer and husband Bill of Union City, TN; one granddaughter, Amanda Glickman and husband Gerald of Richmond, VA and one grandson, John Rogers of Union City, TN. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Rogers was preceded in death by her husband Fred Earl Rogers on May 2, 2007. She was also preceded in death by five brothers and five sisters. Pallbearers will be Jack Hunter, Greg Sanders, Steve Smith, Greg Ervin, Kenneth Lewis, Eugene Hudgins and Jimmy Rainey. Honorary pallbearers will be Joey Lamana, Jerry Carver, Robert Cude, Robin Cude, Brad Cude and Jim McClain. Russell Purtle will officiate at the 2:00 PM service at the First United Methodist Church in Obion on Tuesday, January 1, 2013 with burial to follow in the Elbridge Cemetery. In lieu of flowers the family request memorials be made to the Elbridge Cemetery Association, % Janice Carver, 711 W. Palestine, Obion, TN 38240 or Crossroads Hospice,1669 N. Shelby Oaks Dr. #106, Memphis, TN 38134.