Mrs. Billie Lee Rogers, 87, passed away Tuesday, June 29, 2021 in Greensboro, NC. Billie, as friends called her, was born July 10, 1933 in Chatham County, NC. She was the daughter of the late Willie Elbert Lee and Laura Love Lee. She graduated from Horton High School in Pittsboro, NC. Billie attended school at the Negro Agricultural & Technical College of NC. As she matriculated, the college became known as Agricultural & Technical College of NC (currently known as North Carolina A & T State University). After having children and having a full life, she continued broadening her education at the University North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She became a huge UNC Tarheel fan and she often sported her Carolina Blue. She married Nathan “Mop” Rogers and started a family, raising six children.

Billie was active in politics in the late sixties and early seventies. She was very instrumental in the election of Howard N. Lee, who was the first Black Mayor in Chapel Hill, NC. She was also very active in her community, winning the “Independent Weekly” Citizen Award in 1989 and recognized for her activism on the PESTicide Education Project by the Agricultural Resource Center to change aerial spray regulations in NC in 1996. Billie was also recognized in Washington, D.C. at the Pesticide Conference for the work that she did in her community.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her son Gregory Lee in 2005. She is survived by her children: Kenneth Rogers (Nantalie) of Orlando, FL; Natalie Abraham of Chapel Hill, NC; Chris Rogers (Marva) of Huntersville, NC; Ramona Miller of Browns Summit, NC; Corey Rogers, (Tiffany) of Charlotte, NC; nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren; and many loved nieces and nephews, cousins, and close friends.

A public viewing will be held on Thursday, July 8, 2021 from 6:00pm-8:00pm in the Cassie Coote-Brown Memorial Chapel of Perry J. Brown Funeral Home. A service honoring her life will be held on Friday, July 9, 2021 at St. Matthews United Methodist Church, 600 E Florida St, Greensboro, NC 27406. The visitation will begin at 2:30pm and the service will follow at 3:00pm. The Interment will be held on Saturday, July 10, 2021 at Seymour Cemetery, 3538 Mount View Church Road, Moncure, NC 27559. The Interment will begin at 12:00pm.

Services Entrusted to Perry J. Brown Funeral Home (336)-272-6109