Patricia Smith Rogers

Patricia Anne Smith Rogers, of Colonial Beach, VA, wife of Phillip Edward Rogers, passed away at age 71, on October 27, 2016, in Richmond, VA. The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Edward Rogers are invited to attend her Mass of Christian Burial at 12:00 Noon, Saturday, November 5, 2016, at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church. The Rite of Committal will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery. The family will receive friends at James A. McAlister Funeral Home, 1620 Savannah Highway in Charleston, SC this Friday, November 4, 2016 from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM. The Vigil Service will begin at 6:30 PM. Patricia was born on March 16, 1945, in Charleston, SC, a daughter of Timothy Joseph Smith and Genevieve Ethel Flowers Smith. She graduated from Bishop England High School in 1963, and attended Winthrop College in Rock Hill, SC. Patricia then went on to earn her nursing degree in Gautier, MS. After 40 dedicated years of working in the Intensive Care Unit as a registered nurse, she retired from Potomac Hospital in Woodbridge, VA in 2010. She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother who selflessly gave her love, time and support to all of her family and friends.  She enjoyed spending time with her friends in the boating community and traveling the waters of the Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay. She is survived by her husband of 51 years, Phillip Edward Rogers; her daughter Celeste Rogers Lowder and her husband, Jon, of Winston-Salem, NC, her son, Todd Rogers and his wife, Kerri, of Stafford, VA, her daughter Ashley Rogers Menninger and her husband Tim, of Midlothian, VA, her daughter Megan Rogers Stokes and her husband, Brian, of Charleston, SC; her sister, Joan Smith Joye and her husband, John, of Charleston, SC; brother Timothy Smith, Jr. and his wife, Carol, of Prattville, AL, brother Michael Smith and his wife, Kathi, of Green Cove Springs, FL; and eleven grandchildren: Michael Lowder, Erin Lowder, Justin Lowder, Caitlin Rogers, Adam Rogers, Grant Rogers, Jason Menninger, Patrick Menninger, Rachel Menninger, Aiden Stokes, and Emily Stokes. She was predeceased by her parents, Joseph and Genevieve Smith.