A service to remember the life of Mrs. Jean Paxton Rogers, widow of the late Thomas M. Rogers, Jr., will be held Saturday, April 13, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church, Florence. The Rev. Sam Hardie, III and the Rev. Mike Pope will officiate. The family will receive friends following the service in the atrium of the church.
The private graveside service will be held Saturday morning at the Florence Cemetery. Acker Rogers, Mims Rogers, Gary Jester, Ken Williams, Neal Sledge, and Van Morgan will serve as pallbearers.
Mrs. Rogers was the daughter of the late William Morrison Paxton and Louise Carter Paxton and a sister of the late Bill Paxton. A native of Florence, she graduated from Coffee High School and Randolph-Macon Women’s College, Lynchburg, Virginia.
She was an active member of First United Methodist Church and Circle No. 2. She was a member of the Muscle Shoals District Service League, the Florence Discussion Club, The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America and the President’s Council of the University of North Alabama.
All who knew our mother recognized her inner beauty as it flowed throughout her life.
Mrs. Rogers is survived by her sons Thomas M. Rogers III (Emily), William Paxton Rogers, and John Carter Rogers (Debbie), all of Florence; granddaughters Evan Rogers Hunt (Brian) of Huntsville, Julia Rogers King (Chase) of Madison and Lillie Marie Sledge (fiancé J.M.) of Lewisburg, West Virginia; grandson Shalon Neal Sledge, Jr. (Christine) of Charlotte, North Carolina; great-grandchild Carlie Katherine Hunt of Huntsville, and beloved nieces and nephews.
Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church of Florence Building Fund, the Thomas M. Rogers, Jr. Scholarship Fund at the University of North Alabama, or a charity of your choice.
Elkins Funeral Home, Florence, is assisting the family.
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