A funeral service for Jeanne Rodgers, 98, of Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, August 9, 2025, in the Chapel of Downs Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Colonial Gardens Cemetery. A visitation will be held prior to the service beginning at 9:00 a.m., in the Chapel. Mrs. Rodgers passed away on July 21, 2025, in San Antonio, Texas.

Jeanne was born on July 10, 1927, in Houston, Texas to Guy Louis Botto and Helen Mildred Lacey Botto. She was one of five children. The family moved to San Antonio, Texas when Jeanne was a young child. She later attended the San Antonio Vocational & Technical High School and signed up for a drafting class. In that class she met George Rodgers, whom she married after graduating. He had a partial basketball scholarship to the University of Texas, then was offered a full basketball scholarship to move to Marshall, Texas and attend East Texas Baptist College (now University). She was preceded in death by George and lived in Marshall for over 60 years.

Jeanne spent her entire life loving, supporting and encouraging her family, friends and anyone she encountered. She "prayed without ceasing" for all those she knew. Jeanne was very active in all church activities, many community volunteer opportunities and she supported several organizations that served and cared for those in need.

Surviving Jeanne are her three children, Cindee McMahon, Ron Rodgers and David Rodgers and wife Kay; grandchildren, Ben McMahon, Blake Rodgers and wife Amy, Caitlin Swann and husband Andrew, Emma Hawley and husband Jonathan, Luke Rodgers and wife Loren; great grandchildren, Parker Rodgers, Olivia Rodgers, William Rodgers, Addison Swann, Clay Swann, +1 on the way Swann, Jones Hawley, Quinn Hawley, +1 on the way Hawley, Henry Rodgers, Thomas Rodgers and Lacey Rodgers. In addition to George, she was preceded in death by David Robert Hawley and Baby Rodgers.

(Jeanne wrote a letter on April 8, 2002, and addressed it to My Heavenly Father)

"My heavenly Father, I dedicate the words I am about to write in your presence. I thank you for loving me. I thank you for dying on the cross for my sins. I thank you for that grace, and your mercy in my life – every day – all the time! I want to honor you with my life: my inner thoughts, my words, my actions. I want to have a witness that reflects Jesus to others, to friends, to my family: Cindee, Benjamin, Ronnie, David, Kay, Blake, Caitlin, Emma, Luke. Isaiah 44: 1-5

My greatest joy is you. There is no other

Jeanne Elizabeth Botto Rodgers"