Chantavia Rodgers

May 25, 1998 - July 25, 2021

Funeral services for Chantavia Rodgers,23, of Houston will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, August 7, 2021, at Goodwill Missionary Baptist location 812 E., Lufkin Ave, Tx 75904. Burial will follow in the Davis Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held Friday, from 6 p.m., till 8 p.m., in the Colonial Mortuary Chapel. Ms.Rodgers was born on May 25, 1998, in Lufkin, Texas, and died on Sunday, July 25, 2021, in Nacogdoches. Chantavia Chantel Rodgers affectionately called "Pooh Bear" was born to the parentage of Tammy McKelvey and Jeffrey Rodgers on May 25, 1998, in Lufkin, Texas. Chantavia resided in Houston, Texas for many years. She was a student of the Lufkin Independent School District until her family relocated to Houston, Texas. She graduated from Northside High School with the Class of 2019. Her livelihood consisted of her love for singing and Rap, being the way she expressed her feelings. She had worked as a sitter for many, and her favorite to care for was her very own nieces, Amina and Kashlynn Jones whom she loved dearly. Chantavia was of Baptist faith. On July 25, 2021, Chantavia Chantel Rodgers made her transition from her Earthly Home to her Eternal Heavenly Home. She leaves to cherish her memories: Her mother, Tammy Kim McKelvey (Derrick Smith); of Houston Her father, Jeffrey Rodgers (Kim Rodgers); of Lufkin Brothers, Desmond Jones, Jr., of Houston Jalen Jones, Kordell Rodgers; of Lufkin, Sisters, Cha Brittanee Jones, of Houston, Kiara Rodgers, and Kayla Rodgers of Lufkin, Texas; Nieces, Amina Jones, of Houston, and Kashlynn Jones; of Nacogdoches, Grandparents, Myrtle (Jenny) McKelvey of Houston, and Vernon McKelvey, of Lufkin, Audrey Johnson Rodgers of Lufkin; A wealth of other extended family and friends. Chantavia was preceded in death by Her aunt, Bisheba Sturgis; Her great-grandparents, Lucille Hunt Brown, Clifton Brown, Ernestine Mumphrey McKelvey, and V 'Otis McKelvey Grandparent J.D. Rodgers;