Mary Alice Rogers

Mary Alice McCulloch Rogers, 86, passed away Monday, May 26 following a brief illness. Mrs. Rogers was born January 1, 1917, in McDowell County to the late Graham and Lettie McCulloch of Asheville. She was preceded in death by her husband, Earl Rogers, a sister, Bessie Fain, and three brothers, Robert, W.G. (Doug), and Charlie McCulloch. She was a lifetime member and historian for the Allemanders Square Dance Team and was a member of the WNC Square Dance Hall of Fame. She was also a member of Oak Hill United Methodist Church where she was active with the Friendship Quilting Club. She was retired from the American Enka Corporation. Surviving Mrs. Rogers are two sisters, Beulah Galloway and Rachel Hipps, both of Candler; a brother, Harry McCulloch of Asheville, and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be at 2:00 pm Thursday at Oak Hill United Methodist Church with the Revs. Kim Higgins and Norman Hubbard officiating. Burial will be at Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Her nephews will be pallbearers and honorary pallbearers will be her square dance team members, including Jerry Biggerstaff, Leo Fisher, Johnny Shuford, Harold Spurrier, Roger Shephard, Roy Walker and Hoyle Grose. Her family will receive friends from 7 - 8:30 pm Wednesday at Groce Funeral Home on Patton Avenue. Memorials may be made to the Oak Hill United Methodist Church Cemetery Fund, 227 Oak Hill Road, Candler, NC 28715.