her Lord and Savior on June 19, 2019. A memorial service will be held in her honor at 11:00 A.M. on
Saturday, June 22, 2019 at the Chandler Mountain Baptist Church. The family will receive friends for
visitation at the Church on Saturday from 10:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. Morgan Funeral Chapel and
Crematory officiating.
Nell was a devoted and loving Wife, Mother, Grandmother and Sister. She also enjoyed a life filled
with cooking, gardening, sewing and a special love of music by donating her musical talents as a
pianist and published song writer.
Nell graduated from Oneonta High School. She received a Bachelors of Science and Masters Degree
from Jacksonville State University. After college she had a successful and rewarding career as a
teacher at Emma Sansom High School, St. Clair High School and the Eden Career Tech Center.
Nell was preceded in death by her parents, Otto and Jay Ragsdale; daughter, Brenda Sue Rogers; son,
Curtis Hoover Rogers; sister, Dorothy Ragsdale Gilliland and brothers, Joseph Michael Ragsdale and
Larry Steven Ragsdale, grandparents; James Henry and Rosa Jeneva Barnes Fore and John William
and Lula Cornelius Ragsdale.
Nell is survived by her loving husband of 64 years, Hoover Curtis Rogers; daughter-in-law Tina
McLendon Rogers; brother, James Brice Ragsdale; sisters, Onelia Ragsdale House, and Carol Ragsdale
Knight Bullock. Grandsons; Sean Curtis Rogers (Kathryn Pawlick) and Chaz Hoover Rogers, along
with many nieces and nephews.
The family wishes to extend thanks to all who offered prayers for Nell and a special heartfelt thanks
to Lee Gilliland and Curtistine Beard Parish for their loving care and support. A thank you is also
offered to the staff at Gadsden Health Care for their care and assistance.
Her life on earth was an example as a Christian role model to and for all who shared life with Nell
Rogers.
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