Stretch Of Highway 43 To Be Renamed For Northport Mother Killed In 2021 Crash

NORTHPORT, AL — A ceremony will be held on Friday to dedicate a portion of U.S. Highway 43 in Northport for a mother of four who was killed in a crash in July 2021.

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The Alabama Department of Transportation said on Thursday that the portion of Highway 43 between mile markers 212 and 213 will be named the Audra Rogers Memorial Mile, with the official highway signs will be unveiled at the ceremony.

The renaming was made possible by a Senate resolution offered up by state Sen. Gerald Allen, a Republican from Tuscaloosa.

As Patch reported on July 6, 2021, Audra Mary Rogers, 36, was killed when a 2007 Volvo XC90 driven by a Northport woman collided head-on with the 2012 Honda Pilot driven by Rogers.

The crash killed Rogers, who was pregnant at the time, while also seriously injuring all four of her children.

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Rogers, an Alabama powerlifting record holder and 2021 World’s Ms. Alabama Tourism, was the mother of four boys: Roman, Reed, Rawley and Rhett. She also worked as a respiratory therapist.

"She would pick up stray animals and always had time to volunteer, despite having an almost impossible schedule," her mother, Katie Bramlett, told Patch in 2021. "Her warm and fun nature naturally drew people to her."

The renaming ceremony will be held at One Hope Church at 1501 McFarland Boulevard at 11 a.m.

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