R.L. Rodgers of MATTHEWS, MO.
Robert Lee Rodgers, 93, died Dec. 15, 1996, near Morehouse.
Born Jan. 14, 1903, at Hornersville, son of the late Pitman Joe Monroe and Lidia Dalbie Rodgers, he lived in Matthews for the past 11 years and was a Southeast Missouri resident most of his life. He was a retired car dealer.
On May 8, 1975, at Morehouse he married Janie Bryan who survives of the home.
Other survivors include; two sons, Eldon Rodgers of Portageville and L.G. Rodgers of Sikeston; two daughters, Della Arville and Kathryn Appleton of Sikeston; two stepchildren, Abbie Ward of Sikeston and Larry Bryan of Houston, Texas; and 13 grandchildren, six sepgrandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren, two stepgreat-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.
Preceding him' in death were two daughters, Goldie Scott on May 10, 1)96, and Betty Poole on Dec. 12, 1996; and three grandchildren.
Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Morehhouse, where services are scheduled for 1 p.m. Tuesday. The Rev. Don Heitman of Mattbews will officiate.
Burial will follow in Hobbs Chapel Cemetery near Puxico MO.