Geneva McTillman Rodgers, 98, of Siler City died Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Saturday, October 19, 2019 at Gees Grove AME Zion Church with Rev. Allen Moore and Rev. Edward Hill, III officiating. Burial was in Chatham Memorial Park.
Mrs. Rodgers was born in Elliott, SC on September 25, 1921, the daughter of Joseph and Minnie Scarborough McTillman. Geneva had worked as a custodian with the Chatham County Schools. She was a member of Gees Grove AME Zion Church where she had served as an usher, missionary president, a deacon, the kitchen committee and various other positions.
Geneva was preceded in death by her husband, Marcellus Rodgers, her parents, brothers, Johnny, Joe, Harold, Wilmore, James, Roy, Bobby McTillman and sisters, Virginia McTillman and Mary Wiggins.
She is survived by daughters, Angela Foster and Yvette Rodgers, both of Siler City, Stephanie Baldwin of Fayetteville; sister: Helen Dancy of Roosevelt, NY; eight grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
Online condolences may be made at: www.pughfuneralhome.com .