Margaret Griswold Rogers

September 13, 2015

Margaret Griswold Rogers, 97, died Wednesday, September 9, 2015, at Atmore Community Hospital in Atmore. Mrs. Rogers was a native of Bullock County, Alabama. She graduated from Troy State Teachers College, now Troy University, majoring in elementary education. She taught school at Perote Elementary School in Perote, Alabama and A. C. Moore Elementary School in Atmore. After retiring from teaching, she spent her time volunteering at the hospital, senior center, and lending a helping hand where needed and enjoying a good game of bridge. She was a longtime active member of the First United Methodist Church in Atmore.

Mrs. Rogers was preceded in death by her husband, John Aaron Rogers; her parents, V. F. Griswold and Enola Meriwether Griswold; her brothers, John Lewis Griswold and Victor Fleming Griswold, Jr.

She is survived by her children, Betty Maxwell (Jim), Douglas Rogers (Marshall) and Jane Campbell (Jim); grandchildren, Emily Maxwell, Charles Bryan (Julie), and Layne Abee (Aaron); great-grandchildren, Jackson and Thompson Bryan and Conrad and Bella Abee; sister, Florence Griswold Evans; and a host of cousins, nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, September 12, 2015, at 11:30 a.m. at First United Methodist Church in Atmore, with Dr. Debora Bishop officiating.

Visitation will be held at 10:30 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall of the church.

Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery in Atmore.

In lieu of flowers the family requests any memorials be made to the First United Methodist Church or the Methodist Children’s Home.

Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Comments

Comments are closed.

Written by Jane · Filed Under Obituaries