Bertha Mae Bond Rogers

Bertha Mae Bond Rogers, 90, passed away Wednesday March 18, 2026 at ECU Health Duplin Hospital in Kenansville, NC.  Mrs. Rogers was born September 26, 1935 in Pender County, NC to the late Evander Bond and Exie Lanier Bond.  

A funeral service will be held 1:00pm, Saturday, March 21, 2026 at Community Funeral Home in Rose Hill with burial to follow in Rose Hill Cemetery.

Mrs. Rogers is survived by son, Delmar Rogers and wife, Patricia of Elizabethtown; daughters, Mary Catherine Leary of Wilmington, Linda Kaye Bristow, Sandra Rogers and Esther Pate all of Kenansville; grandchildren, Kenneth Leary, II, Aimee Gautier, Joani Usher, Tracy Rogers, Jamie Rogers, Kaye Griffin, David Leary, and Daniel Leary; 10 great grandchildren.  She is also survived by brother, Martin Lee Bond and wife, Pat of Suffolk, VA; sister-in-law, Alice Bond.

In addition to her parents, Mrs. Rogers was preceded in death by husband, James Lee Rogers, brother, Allen Bond, sister, Louise Baker and great granddaughter, Julia Porter.