{"id":1614,"date":"2024-12-05T17:16:55","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T23:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thexradio3.com\/news\/?p=1614"},"modified":"2024-12-05T17:17:11","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T23:17:11","slug":"rebecca-jo-cummings-rogers-75-of-beecher-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/1614-rebecca-jo-cummings-rogers-75-of-beecher-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebecca Jo (Cummings) Rogers (75) of Beecher City"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Rebecca Jo (Cummings) Rogers, 75, of Beecher City, passed away on Wednesday, December 4, 2024 at her home.<\/p>\n<p>Funeral service will be Saturday, December 7, 2024 at 12:00 PM <strong>at Pagel Funeral Home in St. Elmo<\/strong>, with a two-hour visitation prior to the service. Jim Watts of The Gathering Church in Altamont will be officiating. Interment will follow at Spring Hill Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may go to The Gathering Church in Altamont or donor\u2019s choice. Online condolences may be expressed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pagelfuneralhome.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">by clicking here<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca was born on July 2, 1949 in Terre Haute, Indiana to Floyd S. Cummings, Sr. and Ila Mae (Blaire) Cummings. Rebecca\u2019s proudest job was being a homemaker and loved being a mom, grandma, and most recently a great-grandma. She loved to cook, spend time with family, and was an avid QVC and Hallmark Channel watcher. She loved Jesus and her church family, and attended The Gathering Church in Altamont, as well as Altamont Christian Church.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca is survived by her beloved partner Kenneth \u201cEd\u201d Rogers of Beecher City, whom she married on June 3, 1976, and her daughter, Christy (Ray) Uptmor of Farina; grandchildren, Kaitlin (Kent) Crisman of Beecher City, and Emily, Hallie, and Gabe Uptmor of Farina; great-grandchildren Kinsley Crisman of Beecher City, and Weston Crisman who is due in February; sisters Marsha (Jim) Camp of Riley, Indiana, Pat (Dave) Gardner of Vandalia, and Brenda Goodman of Loogootee, Indiana, as well as several nieces and nephews and great nieces and great nephews, and sisters and brothers-in-law Clement Lilly of St. Elmo, and Jim and Janet Shelton of Beecher City.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca was preceded in death by her parents, Floyd and Ila Mae Cummings, as well as sister Deborah (Dennis) Hobson of Paris, Tennessee and brother Floyd Samual Cummings, Jr. of Loogootee, Indiana, and brother-in-law Floyd Goodman of Loogootee, Indiana, as well as sisters and brothers-in-law Paul and Barb Taylor of Taylorville, Herbert and Bonnie Morrison of Beecher City, Bud and Pat Simmons of St. Elmo, and Gerneda \u201cPee Wee\u201d Lilly of St. Elmo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rebecca died on Wednesday, December 4<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1627,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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