Ann Tilghman Rodgers

Ann-Tilghman Rodgers passed away on March 19th , 2023 in Winchester Medical Center, at the age of 86. Ann-Tilghman was the daughter of Wilton Alwyn Bowers, Jr, of Richmond, VA and Marion Tilghman Long Bowers, of Crisfield, MD. AnnTilghman was born on February 9th , 1937, and raised in East Hampton, VA. She was a 1954 graduate of Hampton High School. After high school, she worked in Human Resources at Fort Monroe, and then in the Nurse Recruiting Command in Fox Hill, VA. She married William Allan Rodgers, Sr of Aiken, SC on January 18, 1958. She was later a proud Booster and band mom for the James Wood High School Band. After being a stay-at-home mom, she worked at the Federal Emergency Management Agency for a brief time in the early 1990s. Ann- Tilghman is predeceased by her parents, and sister Juliette Linder Bowers Brown. She is survived by her husband, her sons, William Allan Rodgers, Jr of Leesburg, VA, and Greggory Tilghman (Kim) Rodgers of Winchester, VA; three grandchildren, Mackenzie Ann Rodgers, Beau Tilghman Rodgers, Bailey Tilghman Rodgers three sisters-in-law, Sarah Medlock of Graniteville, SC , Lea Courtney of Aiken, SC, and Helen Hall of Vaucluse, SC; a brother-in-law, Matthew Brown of Fort Mill, SC, and nine nieces and nephews, Amy Brown Hintz, Judy Bisbee, Eddie Rodgers, Eddie Medlock, Robin Redmond, Tanya Githens, Angela Davis, Rose Tirro and Keith Courtney. Ann-Tilghman attended and very much loved the Kernstown United Methodist Church and its members.

The family will receive friends on Saturday, March 25th, 2023 from 12-1PM at R. Hayden Smith Funeral Home, 245 South Armistead Ave, Hampton, VA 23669. Funeral services will be conducted by the Reverends Doug and Ellen Martin of Luray, VA at 1:00 pm at the funeral home. The burial will follow that day at St. John’s Episcopal Church Cemetery, Hampton, VA. A memorial service will be conducted at Kernstown United Methodist Church on a later date. In lieu of flowers the family requests a donation to Blue Ridge Hospice or a charitable organization of your choice.