Mary Elizabeth Rogers, age 100, passed away peacefully Saturday, December 3, at her Heritage Woods home in Flora, Illinois. She was born on July 22, 1922, to Herman and Eunice (Bumgarner) Bower and grew up near Xenia, where she spent most of her life. On December 24, 1940, she married Dwight Rogers, and their marriage lasted more than six decades until his death in 2002. Elizabeth lovingly worked with her husband on many endeavors through the years including on the family farm and as he served the US military and pastored numerous area General Baptist churches. The two were members of the Pleasant Mound General Baptist Church of Xenia. Elizabeth will be remembered by everyone who knew her as a loving, faithful, prayerful member of the community. She was an excellent cook, serving for several years in the Xenia Grade School cafeteria and volunteering in the kitchen at church camps. Among her culinary specialties were refrigerator pickles, pecan pie, chopped apple pie, and melt-in-your-m