Morehouse County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....ROGERS, DALE D. October 3, 2014
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News Star World - October 05, 2014
DALE D. ROGERS

Funeral services for Mr. Dale D. Rogers are scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Monday, 
October 6, 2014 at First Baptist Church, Bastrop, LA with Rev. Jim Ingram 
officiating. Interment will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation 
will be held Sunday, October 5, 2014 from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. at Golden Funeral 
Home.

Mr. Rogers, age 90, a resident of West Monroe, formerly of Bastrop, passed 
away Friday October 3, 2014 in Monroe. Mr. Rogers was born December 4, 1923. 
Dale was a resident of Bastrop until 2012 when he and his wife, Lola, moved 
to West Monroe. He graduated from Bastrop High School in 1940 and then 
joined the United States Navy. Dale was a decorated Veteran serving in World 
War II aboard the USS Zane and the USS Butte in the Pacific Theater 
beginning with the Philippine Liberation until the Battle of Okinawa at the 
end of the war. He was in every invasion with the exception of Midway. He 
was discharged from the Navy as Radarman First Class in 1946.

After returning home from the war, he attended Draughn's Business College in 
Jackson, MS. He then worked for International Paper Company, Louisiana Mill 
for 40 years as payroll supervisor. During his retirement, he and Lola 
enjoyed many years traveling the United States in their RV, fishing, Tuesday 
game night with their friends at First Baptist Church, in Bastrop, and 
spending time with their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.

He was a long time member of First Baptist Church of Bastrop, where he 
served as a deacon. He was also a member of Gideon International. When he 
moved to West Monroe, he joined First Baptist Church, West Monroe.

Mr. Rogers is preceded in death by his parents, T.B. and Dena Rogers; two 
sisters, Ouita Edwards and Joyce Andrews.

He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Lola Mae Rogers; two daughters, Mary 
Dale Scoggins of West Monroe, LA, Kathy Raines of Houston, TX; the joys of 
his life, three granddaughters, Laura Achord and husband Brent of West 
Monroe, LA, Stephanie Dowdy and husband Jon of Howell, MI, and Lisa Raines 
of Houston, TX; four great grandchildren, Austin, Mary Blake, Grayson Achord 
and Emmett Dale Dowdy, and Many beloved nieces, nephews and cousins.

Serving as pallbearers are Jerry Ball, Rodney Dew, Charlie Peterson, Byron 
Rogers, Percy Hunter Rogers, Jack Scoggins, Terry Williams and Mike Wooden.

Honorary pallbearers are Raymond Westbrook, Louis Floyd, Larry Rogers, 
members of the Ambassador's Men's Sunday School Class at First Baptist, 
Bastrop, and New Directions Life Group at First Baptist, West Monroe.

The family would like to extend special thanks to Dr. Carter Cox, Dr. Greg 
Green and Dr. Mike Smith.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Gideon's International, First 
Baptist Church of Bastrop, or First Baptist Church of West Monroe.

Golden Funeral Home

Bastrop, LA

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