Mrs. Thelma Rogers, 96, of Fitzgerald, died Monday, March 2, 2009, at Golden Living Center in Thomasville, Georgia.
Funeral services will be held 11 AM., Thursday, March 5, 2009 at the Paulk Funeral Home Chapel in Fitzgerald. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. Visitation will be held 7-9, Wednesday evening at the funeral home.
Mrs. Rogers was born August 31, 1912 in Ben Hill County to the late Marvin M. and Ida Hester Walsh. She lived in the community all of her life, retiring from Kaminsky & Sons. Mrs. Rogers enjoyed fishing, gardening and feeding the chickens. She was of the Baptist faith.
She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Charles M. & Carol Rogers of Tallahassee, FL; 3 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren; sister, Beatrice Palmer of Shreveport, LA; brother, Gerald Walsh of Hampton, GA and several nieces and nephews. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Elijah Samuel Rogers and two daughters, Gloria Jane Rathbun and Ruby Carol Rogers.