Columbus, NC- On Tuesday, November 25, 2014, Eleanor Floyd Rogers Rogerspassed peacefully from this life to the next. She was an accomplished artist, lovingwife and mother. Having been active throughout her life in loving and servingher family and communities, her life will be celebrated by many and she will begreatly missed.Eleanor was born on July 5, 1916 in Lynchburg, Virginia to the late ReverendGeorge Floyd Rogers and the late Louise Watts Zimmer Rogers. She spent herearly years in Lynchburg, Virginia and Charlotte North Carolina. She grew tomaturity in Asheville, North Carolina where her father was Rector of TrinityEpiscopal Church. She was a leader of the Old Maids' Club of Asheville,co-founder of the Black and White Ball and a member of the Court of theRhododendron Festival in June 1935. She was courted by Carroll Pickens Rogers,Jr. of Tryon, North Carolina, and they married on July 24, 1937. They began theirmarried life in Burnsville, NC, where their first three children, Carroll PickensRogers III, George Floyd Rogers II, and William Zimmer Rogers, were born.They moved to Spruce Pine, NC in 1950, where their two daughters, EleanorSusan Rogers and Margaret Erskine Rogers, were born and raised. Eleanor andCarroll retired to Tryon Estates Community in Columbus, NC in 1996, whereCarroll still resides.Eleanor attended St. Genevieve of the Pines School and National Cathedral School.She was a lifelong member of the Episcopal Church. She was a member of theAlter Guild of Trinity Episcopal Church in Spruce Pine, NC and later joined theDaughters of the King at Holy Cross Episcopal Church, Tryon, NC.Over her long life, Eleanor was a leader, member, and supporter of manyorganizations and charities in North Carolina and nationally. Some of these arelisted below:Leader:• President of the Democratic Women of Mitchell County• Den Mother and Pack Leader, Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts of America,Spruce Pine, NC• Board of Directors of Spruce Pine Community Hospital and certified as aGrey Lady nursing assistant• Episcopal Diocesan Chairman of College Work and Personnel• Governor's Advisory Council on Aging• Committee Head, NC Federation of Women's Clubs• First Queen of the Red Hat Society at Tryon EstatesMember:• Early Planning Board of the North Carolina Arboretum in Asheville, NC• The National Society of Colonial Dames of America in the State of NorthCarolina, Buncombe County Committee• Senior Tar Heel Legislature Delegate• Regional Advisory Council on Aging• Volunteer for Project Head Start Child Development Program.• Advisory Board, Senior Center, Mitchell County• North Carolina State Art Society and North Carolina Museum of Art• Toe River Arts Council• Spruce Pine Library Committee• Mitchell County Historical Society• Tryon Estates Genealogical Society• Children's Home Society of North Carolina.• Volunteer with her husband Carroll for Hospice of Mitchell County andHospice of the Carolina Foothills• Junior Grand Master, American Contract Bridge LeagueSupporter:• Boys' Home of Virginia, Covington, Virginia, which was founded by herfather• Kanuga Conference Center and Camp Kanuga, Hendersonville, NC• St. Joseph's Hospital, Asheville, NC• St. Mary's School, Raleigh, NC• ACTS organizations honoring Veterans, contributor to staff and scholarshipfunds.Eleanor is survived by her husband, Carroll Pickens Rogers, Jr. of Columbus,NC, son, William Zimmer Rogers (Mary) of Dawsonville, GA, daughters EleanorSusan Rogers Campbell (Danny, d.), Inman, SC and Margaret Erskine Rogers,DVM, Columbus, NC, three grandchildren, William Zimmer Rogers, Jr. (Catie),Douglasville, GA, Captain Christopher Talmadge Rogers, USMC (Rosina),Brandenburg (Fort Knox), KY, and Nora-Megan Allison Rogers Patterson (Sean),Cumming, GA, and four great-grandchildren, Christopher Roberto Rogers, OliverScott Rogers, Dolores Ojeda Fuertes, and Kylie Grace Patterson.Eleanor was predeceased by her brother, George Floyd Rogers Jr., her sisters,Margaret Nimmo Rogers Turner, Louise Watts Zimmer Rogers Frank and JuliaHowland Zimmer Rogers Watt, her sons, George Floyd Rogers II, and CarrollPickens Rogers III (Mary Ann), and her great grandson, William Zimmer RogersIII.A Memorial Service will be held at Holy Cross Episcopal Church, Tryon, NC, at11 AM, Saturday, December 20, 2014, with Father Mickey Mugan officiating.Burial will take place at the family plot in Tryon Cemetery, Tryon, NC.A reception celebrating Eleanor's life will be held at Tryon Estates from 2 PMuntil 4 PM, Saturday, December 20, 2014.In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Boys' Home of Virginia, 414 BoysHome Road, Covington, VA, 24426-5518.
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