Benhill County GaArchives Obituaries.....James  Rogers, Sr.  February 7 1998
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The Ocilla Star Newspaper, Wednesday, February 11,1998


James Rogers,Sr.
The funeral service for James Alton “Mutt” Rogers, Sr of Fitzgerald, who died, 
Saturday, February 7, 1998 in Tift General Hospital, was held Sunday, February 
8 at Paulk Funeral Home Chapel in Fitzgerald. He was 78.
Rev. Dewain Joiner officiated at the 4:00 p.m. service with interment in 
Evergreen Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Joe Rogers, Leonard Smith, R. G. Walls, Rob Cox, Michael 
Padgett, W. T. Matthews, and Elisha Dickens. Organist was Marty Smith and 
soloist, Rufus Matthews.
The deceased was born October 23, 1919 in Ben Hill County to Offie and Nettie 
Pitts Rogers. A  retired Power Plant Engineer, U. S.  Navy, Marine Corps 
Logistics Base in Albany, a WWII, U. S. Army veteran and member of Ocilla 
Church of God, Mr. Rogers had lived in the community most of his life.
He is survived by wife, Doris Melton Rogers of Fitzgerald; two sons: Alton 
Rogers, Jr. of Panama . City, FL and Glenn Rogers of  Conyers; two daughters: 
Dorothy  Swanson of Fitzgerald and Sue Mitchell of Senoia, GA; one brother: 
Verlon Rogers of Fitzgerald; 8 grandchildren.
	Paulk Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.




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