The Greenwood Commonwealth Greenwood, MS February 2, 2009 Leslie Scott Rodgers (November 1, 1916 - January 30, 2009) Funeral services for Mr. Leslie Scott Rodgers of Winona were held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 1, at Oliver Chapel in Winona, with burial in Mission Cemetery near Winona. Rev. Terry Corley officiated the services. Visitation was held Saturday, January 31, from 5:00 until 8:00 p.m. at Oliver Funeral Home. Mr. Rodgers died of renal failure on Friday, February 1, at Grenada Lake Medical Center in Grenada. He was 92 years old. Mr. Rodgers was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Leslie Rodgers, and the widower of the late Lela Elmore Rodgers. He was a retired REA employee, a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, a member of the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Mission Baptist Church. In addition to his wife and parents, he was preceded in death by a daughter, Mary Etta Minyard; and his second wife, Ben Robia Pearson Rodgers. Survivors include two daughters, Barbara Brown of Winona and Faye Barry of Decatur, Alabama; one son, Leslie Norton Rodgers of Winona; one brother, W. F. "Billy" Rodgers of Phillipp; twelve grandchildren; twenty-three great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, great-nieces, and great-nephews. Pallbearers were Glen Minyard, Chuck Parker, Michael Brown, Kenneth Brown, Stan Rodgers, Calvin Thompson, and Chris Barry. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Mission Baptist Church Cemetery Fund or to the New Hope Methodist Church Cemetery Fund.