ROCKY MOUNT - Jerome "Jerry" Taylor Rodwell, age 97, passed away June 9, 2025. Born in Warren County on October 23, 1927, he was the ninth of ten children of the late Hugh Edgar Rodwell, Sr. and Mamie Shearin Rodwell. He was also preceded in death by his wife of 61 years, Frances Blalock Rodwell; his sisters, Hazel R. Jones, Janet R. Burt, Edith R. Finch; and his brothers, Joseph J. Rodwell, Hugh Edgar Rodwell, Jr., William B. Rodwell, Wallace S. Rodwell who was killed in WWII, Thomas P. Rodwell, and Elmer Coleman Rodwell, Sr.

He is survived by his son, Stuart Rodwell and wife, Janet, of Raleigh; his daughter, Amy Bates and husband, Matt, of Richmond, VA; three grandchildren; two great-grandchildren and a third on the way.

A service will be held June 13, 2025, at 11 a.m. at Englewood United Methodist Church, Rocky Mount,. Burial will follow the service at Rocky Mount Memorial Park. A visitation will be from 10:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. prior to the service in the Englewood United Methodist Church.

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.