Bessie Lee ROGERS

1919 - 2005  (86 years)

• Name	Bessie Lee ROGERS  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Birth	1919	Peoria, Illinois
  Gender	Female
  HIST	of Sumter, South Carolina a member of the Red Hat Society BESSIE CUMMINGS Bessie Lee Rogers Cummings, 74, widow of Leonard B. Cummings Jr., died Friday, April 1, 2005, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born in Sumter, she was a daughter of the late Albert Melton Rogers and the late Lillian Stokes Rogers. She attended Green Acres Assembly of God and was a member of the Red Hat Society. Survivors include three children, Leonard B. "Lenny" Cummings III and his wife, Debbie, of Sumter, Dianne C. Warren and her husband, Danny, of Summerton, and Gary I. Cummings and his wife, Margaret, of Lexington; six brothers and sisters, Marie R. Holladay, Carrie R. Christmas, Jennings M. Rogers and his wife, Sarah, Eleanor R. Prescott, Margaret R. Parker and her husband, Sam, and Elvin W. Rogers and his wife, Stella, all of Sumter; and five grandchildren, Jennifer A. Cummings, Leonard, B. "Lee" Cummings IV, Jeffrey B. Cummings, Daniel B. Warren, Jr., and Melissa D. Warren. She was preceded in death by a sister, Dorothy "Dolly" Branham and six brothers, Robert L. Rogers, Irvin J. Rogers, Ray Bennie Rogers, Herbert R. Rogers, Leonard C. Rogers, and Harvey L. Rogers. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Monday in the chapel of Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home with the Rev. Drew Choate and the Rev. Donnie Collins officiating. Burial will be in the Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery. Grandsons and nephews will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home of her son in Sumter. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, 400 Percival Road, P.O. Box 6604, Columbia, SC 29210 or to a charity of one's choice. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of arrangements. Posted in Obits on Sunday, April 3, 2005  [1, 2, 3]
  Religion	she attended Green Acres Assembly of God  [2]
  _UID	18E867C8A9A54181B306647E4C659EC5EEE8
  Death	1 Apr 2005	Tuomey Regional Medical Center, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina
  Burial	4 Apr 2005	Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina   [2]
  	Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home & Crematorium, Sumter, South Carolina
  Person ID	I107784	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	Albert Melton ROGERS   d. Bef 20 Dec 1992
  Mother	Lillian Vermelle “Lillie” STOKES,   b. 2 Feb 1899, Lee County, South Carolina d. 11 Jan 1975, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 75 years)
  _UID	15B2F238AC0F41B3B77E5440882087DB7327
  _UID	15B2F238AC0F41B3B77E5440882087DB7327
  Family ID	F74518	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Leonard Brown CUMMINGS, Jr.   d. Bef 14 Oct 2008
  _UID	31499F856AFE4A11B8DC8651A37F59549BB5
  _UID	31499F856AFE4A11B8DC8651A37F59549BB5
  Children	1. Leonard Brown “Lenny” CUMMINGS, III   2. Dianne CUMMINGS   3. Gary Irvin CUMMINGS,   b. 1958, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 5 Feb 2014, at his home, (Lexington, South Carolina) (Age 56 years)   4. Gayle ROGERS
  Family ID	F74528	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Feb 2014

  
  

• Sources

  [S2671] . [S4136] Leonard C. Rogers. [S4885] Bessie Cummings. [S5253] Marie R. Holladay. [S12944] Eleanor R. Prescott. [S20582] Gary I. Cummings. [S23078] Carrie Christmas. [S26818] Cook-Cummings. [S26820] Cook-Cummings. [S33133] Margaret Rogers Parker.