Victoria L. Rogers 1957-2021

Mrs. Rogers was born Feb. 4, 1957, in Youngstown, a daughter of Willie Lee Sr. and Baby Ruth Fulton Mabry. She was a 1976 graduate of South High School and attended the Bryman School of Nursing in Long Beach, Calif.

Victoria worked as a medical assistant and phlebotomist with the Nabi Biomedical Company. She was a loving homemaker who enjoyed reading, crocheting, photography and traveling. She also wrote a book titled, “Sunrise, Sunset and Everything In Between.” She was a faithful member of the Third Baptist Church.

She will be memorialized by her loving family, two sons, Toye Jordan Larry Jr. and Anthony E. Rogers, both of Youngstown; daughters, Cher’rae R. Garrett, Ebony Marshall Rogers and Marie Marshall, all of Youngstown, Tracey L. Hughey of Newport News, Va., Morgan Marshall-Rogers, Erica Hill-Rogers and Dawyla Hill-Rogers, all of Cleveland, and Natasha Miller of Cincinnati; her brother, Michael V. (Laverne) Mabry of Smyrna, Del.; sister, Patricia A. Mabry of Youngstown; 34 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and a host of family and friends.

Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Eugene, whom she married Aug. 29, 1996, and who passed away Feb. 26, 2020; a son, Christopher R. Rogers; two brothers, Willie Mabry Jr. and Roy Mabry Sr.; and a sister, Charlene Whipple.

Visitation will be 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday, May 20, 2021, at Third Baptist Church. Funeral services will follow at 11 a.m. Due to the pandemic, all guests are asked to wear masks and observe social distancing. For the health and safety of everyone, guests are asked not to linger at the church after viewing.

A service of love and dignity entrusted to the L. E. Black, Phillips & Holden Funeral Home.

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