Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
Monday, December 20, 2004

MRS. CLEATUS COODY ROGERS

Riser Funeral Home
Columbia, LA

Funeral services for Mrs. Cleatus Coody Rogers, age 85 of Columbia will be held 10:00 AM Tuesday, December 21, 2004 from the Columbia Chapel of Riser Funeral Home with Rev. Tommy Basco officiating. Interment will follow in the Rogers Family plot at The Old Union Cemetery, West of Grayson.

Cleatus Belle Coody was born on December 7, 1919 at Clarks, LA, to the union of her late parents Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jefferson Coody, Sr. She later married E. B. Rogers of Columbia and together they were merchants in the Columbia area most of their lives.

She is preceded in death by her husband.

Left to mourn her passing are her two sons: Roy D. Rogers of Columbia and Lester G. Rogers and wife Gay of Monroe; three brothers: Thomas Coody Jr. and wife Lennie of Monroe, Fred Coody of Monroe, and Bennie Coody of Van Buren, AR. She also leaves eight grandchildren.

The Family will receive visitors on Monday from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Riser Funeral Home, 7131 Hwy 165, Columbia, LA.