[Obituary source: Rocky Mount Telegram (Rocky Mount, North Carolina) Friday, Jun 22, 1990]
HELEN I. PALMER
Nashville -- Mrs. Helen Irene Palmer, 68, died Thursday, June 21, 1990, at Nash General Hospital.
She was born in East Prairie, Missouri, Oct. 10, 1921, daughter of the late Sam Rodgers.
Surviving: mother, Rachel Matilda Jolet of Nashville; son, Ray Wallace of Nashville; daughters, Genevieve Sheaffer of Pennsylvania, Marlin Ann Miles of Illinois, Sue Colter of Missouri; brother, Lawrence F. Rogers of Illinois; 17 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Johnson Funeral Home Chapel, Nashville, with Bruce Thweatte officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Hill Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday.
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Parents - Sam Rodgers and Rachel Matilda Martin
Half brother - Lawrence Freeman Rodgers
Married - Lester I. Wallace (1915-1993), 18 Jan 1939 • Benton, Scott, Missouri, (later divorced).
They had the following children: Cecil 'Ray' (1939-2003), Edna Geneivive 'Jan, Jannice' (1940-2021), Marlin Ann (b.1942), Ollie May (1944-1944) and Lesta Sue (b.1945)
HELEN I. PALMER
Nashville -- Mrs. Helen Irene Palmer, 68, died Thursday, June 21, 1990, at Nash General Hospital.
She was born in East Prairie, Missouri, Oct. 10, 1921, daughter of the late Sam Rodgers.
Surviving: mother, Rachel Matilda Jolet of Nashville; son, Ray Wallace of Nashville; daughters, Genevieve Sheaffer of Pennsylvania, Marlin Ann Miles of Illinois, Sue Colter of Missouri; brother, Lawrence F. Rogers of Illinois; 17 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Johnson Funeral Home Chapel, Nashville, with Bruce Thweatte officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Hill Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday.
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Parents - Sam Rodgers and Rachel Matilda Martin
Half brother - Lawrence Freeman Rodgers
Married - Lester I. Wallace (1915-1993), 18 Jan 1939 • Benton, Scott, Missouri, (later divorced).
They had the following children: Cecil 'Ray' (1939-2003), Edna Geneivive 'Jan, Jannice' (1940-2021), Marlin Ann (b.1942), Ollie May (1944-1944) and Lesta Sue (b.1945)
[Obituary source: Rocky Mount Telegram (Rocky Mount, North Carolina) Friday, Jun 22, 1990]
HELEN I. PALMER
Nashville -- Mrs. Helen Irene Palmer, 68, died Thursday, June 21, 1990, at Nash General Hospital.
She was born in East Prairie, Missouri, Oct. 10, 1921, daughter of the late Sam Rodgers.
Surviving: mother, Rachel Matilda Jolet of Nashville; son, Ray Wallace of Nashville; daughters, Genevieve Sheaffer of Pennsylvania, Marlin Ann Miles of Illinois, Sue Colter of Missouri; brother, Lawrence F. Rogers of Illinois; 17 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Johnson Funeral Home Chapel, Nashville, with Bruce Thweatte officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Hill Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday.
____________________________________________________________________
Parents - Sam Rodgers and Rachel Matilda Martin
Half brother - Lawrence Freeman Rodgers
Married - Lester I. Wallace (1915-1993), 18 Jan 1939 • Benton, Scott, Missouri, (later divorced).
They had the following children: Cecil 'Ray' (1939-2003), Edna Geneivive 'Jan, Jannice' (1940-2021), Marlin Ann (b.1942), Ollie May (1944-1944) and Lesta Sue (b.1945)
HELEN I. PALMER
Nashville -- Mrs. Helen Irene Palmer, 68, died Thursday, June 21, 1990, at Nash General Hospital.
She was born in East Prairie, Missouri, Oct. 10, 1921, daughter of the late Sam Rodgers.
Surviving: mother, Rachel Matilda Jolet of Nashville; son, Ray Wallace of Nashville; daughters, Genevieve Sheaffer of Pennsylvania, Marlin Ann Miles of Illinois, Sue Colter of Missouri; brother, Lawrence F. Rogers of Illinois; 17 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Johnson Funeral Home Chapel, Nashville, with Bruce Thweatte officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Hill Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday.
____________________________________________________________________
Parents - Sam Rodgers and Rachel Matilda Martin
Half brother - Lawrence Freeman Rodgers
Married - Lester I. Wallace (1915-1993), 18 Jan 1939 • Benton, Scott, Missouri, (later divorced).
They had the following children: Cecil 'Ray' (1939-2003), Edna Geneivive 'Jan, Jannice' (1940-2021), Marlin Ann (b.1942), Ollie May (1944-1944) and Lesta Sue (b.1945)
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