Jerome Taylor Rodwell Obituary
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Jerome Taylor Rodwell (Rocky Mount, North Carolina), who passed away on June 9, 2025, at the age of 97, leaving to mourn family and friends. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Jerome Taylor Rodwell to show support.
He was predeceased by: his parents, Hugh Edgar Rodwell, Sr. and Mamie Shearin Rodwell; his wife Frances Blalock Rodwell; and his siblings, Hazel R. Jones, Janet R. Burt, Edith R. Finch, Joseph J. Rodwell, Hugh Edgar Rodwell, Jr., William B. Rodwell, Wallace S. Rodwell, Thomas P. Rodwell and Elmer Coleman Rodwell, Sr..
He is survived by: his children, Stuart Rodwell (Janet) of Raleigh and Amy Bates (Matt) of Richmond, VA; his grandchildren, Kathryn Hickman (Zach) of Nashville, TN, Rachel Bates (Andrew Deel) of Clarksville, TN and Justin Bates of Charlottesville, VA; and his great grandchildren, Ellie and Archie Deel.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in Mr. Rodwell's memory to Englewood United Methodist Church, PO Box 7128, Rocky Mount, NC 27804 or the SECU Hospice House of UNC, 426 Hospital Road, Smithfield, NC 27577.
