Elizabeth Johanna Rodgers, age 88, of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, formerly of Olive hill, Kentucky, passed away Tuesday, March 4, 2025, at Jennie Stuart Medical Center in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.
She was born Saturday, June 20, 1936, in Wesleyville, Kentucky, to the late Robert Earl and Mary Pearl Fultz Spencer.
Johanna graduated from Carter City High School in 1955, and then began her work career. She worked 48 years as a production manager and supervisor in a sewing factory. She was instructional assistant for Carter County Board of Education for 12 years. She loved spending time with her grandchildren, working with her flowers, working crossword puzzles and coloring books.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her loving husband, Bobby Gene Rodgers; one brother, Ottis Todd Fultz; two sisters, Bobbie Jean Baker and Rozan Greenhill.
Johanna is survived by one son, Phillip (Janet) Rodgers of Vanceburg, Kentucky; two daughters, Bonita Kennedy of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, Angie Kelley of Grayson, Kentucky; 8 grandchildren, David Kennedy, Jennifer (Doug) Peck, Eric (Tori) Kennedy, Nicholas (Heather) Rodgers, Thomas Rodgers (Paige Fryman), Jeanette Fannin, Matthew Kelley and Allison Kelley (Jordan Bowen); 13 great-grandchildren; 3 great-great-grandchildren; one sister, Mary Francis Steward of Mansfield, Ohio, along with many other family and friends who will sadly miss her.
Funeral services will be held 1 p.m., Saturday, March 8, 2025, at Globe Funeral Chapel, 17277 West US Hwy 60, Olive Hill, Kentucky, with Sister Anita Wells Cooper officiating. Burial will follow in the Bethel Cemetery, in Carter County, Kentucky.
Friends may visit after 11:30 a.m., Saturday, March 8, 2025, until the service hour at Globe Funeral Chapel.
Globe Funeral Chapel in Olive Hill, Kentucky is honored to serve the family of Elizabeth Johanna Rodgers.
