Extracted from The Laurel Leader-Call (Laurel, MS)
Monday, February 24, 1958

MRS. FLORENCE ROGERS WALTERS

Funeral services for Mrs. Florence Rogers Walters, 85, are to be conducted at 10 o'clock Tuesday morning from Friendship Baptist church with the Rev. Rufe Robinson and the Rev. Mr. Smith officiating. Interment will follow in Beech cemetery.

Death came at 11:45 Sunday night at her Route 3, Ellisville, home. She had been in failing health for some time. A lifelong resident of the community, she was widely known.

Named as pallbearers are grandsons, including Herbert Walters, Hershel Walters, Webber Walters, Harold Walters, Norman Walters and Douglas Walters.

She leaves three sons, A. J. Walters, Route 3, Ellisville; Fred Walters, Mobile; and Clarence Walters, Waynesboro, Ala.;

Two stepdaughters, Mrs. Dona Nall and Mrs. H. M. Long, both of Foley, Ala.; three stepsons, Archie Walters and Thomas Walters, both of Foley; and Edward Walters, Pensacola; 12 grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren.

The body lies at the Route 3, Ellisville, home of her son, A. J. Walters, to await the funeral hour.