Kirby Smith ROGERS^{[1, 2]}

1896 - 1970  (73 years)

• Name	Kirby Smith ROGERS
  	Surname is spelled Rodgers in Kirby's signature on WWI Draft Registration Card, on his marriage certificate, and in Name on SSDI and Death certificate.
  Nickname	Kirby
  birth2 (conflicting)	21 May 1896  [3]
  Birth	22 May 1896	Duplin Co, NC   [2, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	4 May 1910	Cypress Creek, Duplin Co, NC   [8]
  	Kirby worked on the Roger's family farm.
  Occupation	5 June1917	Duplin Co, NC   [6]
  	KIrby was a farmer employed by Watson Burton.
  WWI	1917-1918  [9]
  	Kirby was a corporal in Company C of 321st Infantry.
  Occupation	15 Jun 1922-6 Jun 1946	Duplin Co, NC   [10]
  	Kirby listed his occupation as farming in either the Cypress Creek or Island Creek Townships on his children's birth certificates. The only exception to this is in 1943 when he listed his occupation as pipe fitter.
  Death	13 Mar 1970	Burgaw, Pender Co, NC   [3]
  	Kirby died in Pender Memorial Hospital at 9:30 pm. Cause of death was congestive heart failure due to terminal pneumonia and severe generalized arteriosclerosis. He was 73 years old at the time of his death.
  Burial	16 Mar 1970	Duplin Co, NC   [3]
  	His body was interred at the Mobley Family Cemetery, also know as the Carter Cemetery.
  Person ID	I60224	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Charles Wright ROGERS,   b. 15 Jun 1856, Duplin Co, NC d. 14 Jan 1941, Cypress Creek, Duplin Co, NC (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Mandy Catherine CAVENAUGH,   b. 24 May 1857, Duplin Co, NC d. 23 Feb 1930 (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	30 Apr 1884  [1, 11, 12]
  Family ID	F6211	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dollie Elizabeth MOBLEY,   b. 7 Feb 1905, Duplin Co, NC d. 11 Feb 1965, Elizabethtown, Bladen County, NC (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	6 Aug 1921	Island Creek, Duplin Co, NC   [2, 13]
  	Kirby and Dollie were married by C.W. Ezzell, Baptist minister, at his home. There were three witnesses, all from Wallace, NC, including L.G. Ezzell. (The other two names are too faded on certificate to read).
  Children	1. Mary Louise ROGERS,   b. 15 Jun 1922, Cypress Creek, Duplin Co, NC d. 3 Apr 1987 (Age 64 years)   2. Lenwood Elmo ROGERS   3. Charles Thomas ROGERS,   b. 24 Aug 1926, Duplin Co, NC d. 29 Jan 2010, North Carolina (Age 83 years)   4. Clarence Homer ROGERS   5. Violet Grace ROGERS   6. Abraham ROGERS,   b. 6 Jun 1932, Cypress Creek, Duplin Co, NC d. 6 Jun 1932, Cypress Creek, Duplin Co, NC (Age 0 years)   7. Isaac ROGERS,   b. 6 Jun 1932, Cypress Creek, Duplin Co, NC d. 6 June 1932, Cypress Creek, Duplin Co, NC (Age 0 years)   8. Jacob ROGERS,   b. 6 Jun 1932, Cypress Creek, Duplin Co, NC d. 6 Jun 1932, Cypress Creek, Duplin Co, NC (Age 0 years)   9. Evelyn Doris ROGERS   10. Ralph Decature ROGERS,   b. 9 Sep 1936, Island Creek, Duplin Co, NC d. 15 Feb 1992, Clinton, Sampson Co, NC (Age 55 years)   11. William Ray ROGERS,   b. 7 May 1938, Duplin Co, North Carolina d. 26 Aug 1938, Wilmington, New Hanover Co, NC (Age 0 years)   12. Daril Jay ROGERS   13. Judy Ann ROGERS,   b. 17 Jul 1941, Island Creek, Duplin Co, NC d. 21 Aug 1941, Wilmington, New Hanover Co, NC (Age 0 years)   14. Kirby ROGERS, Jr.,   b. 26 Apr 1943, Island Creek, Duplin Co, NC d. 18 Nov 1994, Wilmington, New Hanover Co, NC (Age 51 years)   15. Roy James ROGERS   16. David Earl ROGERS,   b. 6 Jun 1946, Island Creek, Duplin Co, NC d. 9 Feb 1994, Wilmington, New Hanover Co, NC (Age 47 years)   17. Lloyd Carroll ROGERS
  Photos » Slide Show		Lloyd Carroll (Peewee), Roy James, David Earl (Beanie) and Daril Jay (Daril) Rogers.
  		David Earl, Lloyd Carroll, Kirby Jr. and Roy James Rogers.
  		Rogers siblings and spouses, circa 1966 Back Row: Charles Dietz, Bernice Rogers, Cameron Stallings, Thomas Rogers, Evelyn Stallings, Louis Dietz, friend/name unknown. Front Row: Jimmy Teachey, Joyce Teachey, Roy Rogers, Violet Futrell. 2 children: Patricia Teachey and David Stallings.
  		Thomas, Lloyd, Clarence, Daril, Roy, and Elmo Rogers at celebration of Elmo's birthday.
  Family ID	F6180	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Kirby Smith Rogers
  		1900 US Census / Rogers, Charles W. Cypress Creek, Duplin Co, NC
  		1910 US Census / Rogers, Charles W. p. 1. Deep Bottom Road, Cypress Creek, NC
  		Kirby Smith Rogers. WWI Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Record. Sloan, NC
  		1920 US Census / Rogers, Charles W. Cypress Creek, Duplin Co, NC
  		1940 US Census / Rogers, Kirby. Mill Road Highway (117) to Highway 41, Island Creek, NC (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)

  
  

• Sources

  [S3033] Violet Rogers Hatcher, "Rogers-Futrell family information" . [S3038] Dollie Mobley Rogers Family Bible record. [S2548] Kirby Smith Rogers, North Carolina death certificate no. 10912 (1970). [S2523] Abraham Rogers, North Carolina death certificate no. 13 (1932). [S2547] Dollie Elizabeth Rogers & Kirby Smith Rogers stone inscription, Mobley Family Cemetery, Duplin County, NC. [S3044] Kirby Smith Rogers. WWI draft registration card. [S3045] Kirby Rogers. SSN 240-24-6170. SSDI. [S3050] 1910 US Census / Rogers, Charles W. [S2555] Kirby Smith Rogers stone inscription (military marker), Mobley Family Cemetery, Duplin County, NC. [S2527] David Earl Rogers, Duplin County, NC birth certificate no. 55 (1946). [S3049] 1900 US Census / Rogers, Charles W. [S3092] Eleanor Daphine Smith Draughon, compiler & editor, Draughton, Henderson and Sholar Lineages of Duplin County North Carolina, ((Franklin, NC: Genealogy Publishing Service, 1995)). [S5636] Kirby S. Rogers - Dollie E. Mobley, North Carolina marriage certificate no. 536 (1921).