Obituary of John W. Rogers, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana


Copied and Submitted by :Kathy LeMay Kelly, P.O. Box 219, Trout, La. 71371

From The Jena Times - Olla Tullos Signal;
Micro Film at the LaSalle Parish Library, Located in Jena, LaSalle Parish, La.


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ROGERS, John W.

  85 of Urania, died Sunday, September 21, 1997, at Hardtner Medical Center
in Urania.

  He was retired from Louisiana-Pacific, Corp., a member of the Urania
Pentecostal Church and a veteran of the U.S. Army having served during World
War II.

  He was born January 5, 1912 at Pollock to the union of Homer and Jane Howard
Rogers.

  Services were held Tuesday, September 23, 1997, at the Urania Pentecostal
Church with Revs. David Mayo and Rodney Begnaud officiating.

  Burial followed in the Pinehill Cemetery of Urania under direction of Kinner
and Stevens Funeral Home of Jena.

  Survivors include his wife, Tootsie Rogers of Urania; one daughter, Mary
Jane Gingles of Logansport; two sons, Stanley Rogers of Urania and Earl Rogers
of Grayson; four sisters, Lucille Paul of Elizabeth, Louise Blockner of
Bastrop, Bobbie Williams of Georgetown, and Marie Morrow of Pollock; five
brothers, Clarence Rogers and Jack Rogers, both of Pollock, Herbert Rogers
of Metairie, Frank Rogers of Del Rio, Texas and Homer Rogers of Slaughter;
eight grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

(The Jena Times, September 24, 1997)