Submitted by Letha Ann Anderson
FAYETTE - Services for Bennie Lee "Daddy Bo" Rogers, 67, of Fayette, who died Thursday, Feb. 12, 2004, at Natchez Regional Medical Center, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Jefferson County High School Auditorium with the Rev. Clarence Thomas, Jr. officiating.
Burial will be in Beckett Chapel A.M.E. Church cemetery in Fayette under the direction of Spencer Funeral Home.
Mr. Rogers was born Oct. 20, 1936, in Jefferson County, the son of Fed Rogers and Geneva Gray. He married Della Jean (Hunter) Rogers and to this union six children were born.
Mr. Rogers was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, George Edward Conway; and one sister, Bernice R. Ward.
He leaves to cherish his memory a loving wife, Della Jean Rogers of Fayette; one son, Leroy (Debra) Hunter of Morgan City, LA; five daughters, Patricia (James) Earls, Carolyn (Dalton) Brown, all of Houma, LA, Dorothy Jackson, Michelle (Tony) Anderson, all of Fayette and Lucille (Charles) Donaldson of Church Hill; a child he reared as his own daughter, Latrisha Wilson of Fayette; nine sisters, Clara Lee Rogers, Lillie Williams and Jenette Green, all of Natchez, Johnnie Mae Johnson of Chicago, IL, Georgia Brown of Tallulah, LA, JoAnn Davis of Newellton, LA, Emma Valentine of Vallajo, CA and Shirley Adams of Vicksburg; 16 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; two special cousins, Katie Mae Grace of Chicago and Carrie Ann Knight of Vicksburg.
Pallbearers wil be Trent Hudson, Lehaman (Boe) Jackson, Albert Larry, Alphonse Larry, Jr., Claudie Earls, Brock Arnold.
Honorary pallbearers will be Leroy Hunter, James L. Earls, Sr., James L. Earls, Jr., Eric L. Rogers, Derrick L. Rogers, Charles Donaldson, Sr., Charles Donaldson, Jr., Robert Rogers, Lavinckey Rogers, Dalton Brown, Trevaughn Donaldson, Tony Anderson, Devin Anderson and Bentavia Anderson.