Corinne Acker Rogers died in Florence, Alabama on December 12, 2016. There will be a private graveside service conducted by Rev. Sam Hardie at Florence Cemetery at noon, Thursday, December 15, 2016, followed by a visitation in the atrium at First United Methodist Church in Florence at 1:00 PM.

Mrs. Rogers was predeceased by her husband, Mims Rogers. She is survived by her children and their spouses, Mims Rogers, Jr. and wife, Jeannie, of Florence, Alabama, Acker Rogers and wife, Judy, of Florence, Alabama and Corinne Rogers Pettit and husband, Peter, of Memphis, Tennessee; her grandchildren Corinne Rogers Zaccagnini and husband, Anthony of Baltimore, Maryland, Mims Rogers III and wife Jenny, of Atlanta, Georgia, Elizabeth Walters of Franklin, Tennessee, Walker Rogers Luedecke and husband, Andy, of Daphne, Alabama, Dudley Pettit Rhodes and husband, Shannon, of Memphis, Tennessee, Peter Pettit, and wife, Christie, of Atlanta, Georgia, and Mimsie Pettit Crump and husband, Frank, of Memphis, Tennessee. Also, she leaves fourteen beloved great grandchildren.

Mrs. Rogers was the only child of Dr. James Milton Acker and Corinne Walker Acker, of Aberdeen, Mississippi. She was born on January 11, 1919 in Aberdeen in their family home, The Magnolias, which was built in 1850 by her great, great grandfather, William Alfred Sykes and where five generations of her family had lived. There, she was raised by her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Acker, her grandmother, Corinne Sykes Walker, and her great grandmother, Maria Jones Sykes. She graduated from Central High School in Jackson, Mississippi and attended Sullins College and the University of Mississippi, where she was a member of Chi Omega sorority.

After her husband finished military service as an army infantry officer in the Pacific during World War II, they made their home in Florence where they raised their children, and he established his law practice and served as chairman of Rogers Department Store.

Mrs. Rogers was a lifelong, faithful member of First United Methodist Church in Florence and in Aberdeen, Mississippi. She was also an active member of the National Society for The Colonial Dames of America, the Florence Discussion Club, and the Muscle Shoals District Service League.

For those kind enough to consider a remembrance, please consider, in lieu of flowers, the First United Methodist Church of Florence, 415 N. Seminary St., Florence, Alabama.