Ellijay Jarrett Rogers

ASHEVILLE - ELLIJAY LEDFORD JARRETT ROGERS, 99, OF 1153 SWEETEN CREEK ROAD, DIED SATURDAY MAY 26, 2001 AT MERCY SOUTH HOSPITAL IN CHARLOTTE AFTER A BRIEF ILLNESS. A NATIVE OF YANCEY COUNTY, SHE HAD LIVED IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY FOR THE PAST 90 YEARS AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE ASHEVILLE FULL GOSPEL TABERNACLE, WHICH IS NOW KNOWN AS THE HARVEST TIME ASSEMBLY. SHE WAS A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE JOHN WESLEY AND NELLIE JANE LEDFORD AND THE WIFE OF THE LATE ELBERT M. JARRETT AND JOSEPH FLETCHER ROGERS. SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER SON, LARRY ALBERT JARRETT AND 2 BROTHERS AND 2 SISTERS. SURVIVING ARE HER GRANDSON, CHRISTOPHER JARRETT OF CHARLOTTE; SISTER, ANNA RHEW OF ASHEVILLE; SEVERAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 2:00 P.M. WEDNESDAY AT THE HARVEST TIME ASSEMBLY WITH THE REVS. BOYD McCLAREN AND DARRELL McCLAREN OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN GREEN HILLS CEMETERY. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS FROM 7 TO 9:00 P.M. TUESDAY AT ANDERS-RICE FUNERAL HOME.