Wilson Daily Times, 20 December 1943.
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In the 1930 census of Wilson, Wilson County: on East Green Street, Coney Rodgers, 24, guano plant laborer; wife Clyde, 24; and children Earnest Lee, 6, Mosses, 4, Levay, 2, and Nina, 2 months.
In the 1940 census of Wilson, Wilson County: Connie Rodgers, 33, widower, sewer project laborer, and children Ernest, 16, Moses, 13, Janey L., 12, Nina R., 9, and Queenella, 6; and Penny Bynum, 30.
In 1942, Ernest Lee Rogers registered for the World War II draft in Wilson, Wilson County. Per his registration card, he was born 18 December 1923 in Wilson; his contact was Mary Rogers, 612 Atlantic Street; and he worked for a government program in Goldsboro. He signed his card “Earnest Lee Rodgers.”