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James Preston Rogers Sr.

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James Preston Rogers Sr.

Birth
Covington County, Mississippi, USA
Death
8 May 1983 (aged 71)
Forrest County, Mississippi, USA
Burial
Collins, Covington County, Mississippi, USA Add to Map
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Services for James Preston Rogers Sr. were held Tuesday morning, May 10, 1983, at 10:00 am from Salem Baptist Church with his pastor Dr. James D. McLemore officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery with Paul Rogers, George Rogers, William Morris, Wilson Ross, Irving Hitt, Robert Norris, Norman Robinson and Hudson Louque serving as pallbearers and Johns Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Rogers passed away Sunday morning, May 8 at the Forrest General Hospital, where he had been a patient ten days.
A native and life long resident of Covington County, he was born October 31, 1911, a son of the late Wilmer Ira Rogers and Maude Reddoch Rogers. He was a member of Salem Baptist Church and was retired.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lucy Graves Rogers, a daughter, Mattie Lou Rogers, both of Collins; two sons, John Ira Rogers of Jackson and James Preston Rogers Jr of Collins, five grandsons and one granddaughter. He was also survived by one sister, Mrs. Clifton (Roenoke) Keys of Collins and a brother, Carlos Rogers of Port Richey, Florida.
He was preceded in death by one daughter, Maudie Rogers Blackwell.

(Copied from The News Commerical, Collins, Mississippi, May 11, 1983)



Services for James Preston Rogers Sr. were held Tuesday morning, May 10, 1983, at 10:00 am from Salem Baptist Church with his pastor Dr. James D. McLemore officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery with Paul Rogers, George Rogers, William Morris, Wilson Ross, Irving Hitt, Robert Norris, Norman Robinson and Hudson Louque serving as pallbearers and Johns Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Rogers passed away Sunday morning, May 8 at the Forrest General Hospital, where he had been a patient ten days.
A native and life long resident of Covington County, he was born October 31, 1911, a son of the late Wilmer Ira Rogers and Maude Reddoch Rogers. He was a member of Salem Baptist Church and was retired.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lucy Graves Rogers, a daughter, Mattie Lou Rogers, both of Collins; two sons, John Ira Rogers of Jackson and James Preston Rogers Jr of Collins, five grandsons and one granddaughter. He was also survived by one sister, Mrs. Clifton (Roenoke) Keys of Collins and a brother, Carlos Rogers of Port Richey, Florida.
He was preceded in death by one daughter, Maudie Rogers Blackwell.

(Copied from The News Commerical, Collins, Mississippi, May 11, 1983)



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Married- Lucy Graves Rogers - April 1, 1937.

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