ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA. 

Obituary for: ROGERS, STEPHEN LANE 

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan. 

Source: The St. Tammany News, St. Tammany, La.

Posted: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 

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Stephen Lane Rogers died Wednesday Feb. 13, 2013.

Survivors include his wife of 39 years, Kay Johnson Rogers; Louisiana in-laws, 
Joan and Gurvis Johnson, Judy and Kenny Colley, Mike and Debbie Johnson, Lori 
Johnson-Labadie, and numerous nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his 
parents, Guy and Josie Rogers.

He was a beautiful man with an amazing joy for life, always smiling, and loved 
being with the love of his life, his wife, whom he met in New Orleans in 1974. 
He was the retired chief pilot for the University of Tennessee and “took his 
final flight and flew into the arms of Jesus” after a long brave battle with 
esophageal cancer. He could not speak and communicated using a voice box 
machine pressed to his neck. His cancer spread, and his “miracle” was not to 
be. His passion was flying his Cessna 310, “The Songbird.”

His life celebration and funeral was held Feb. 26 in Tennessee, but since his 
wife will be moving back home, he will be laid to rest on Feb. 26 at 12:30 
p.m., with a graveside service at 1 p.m., 

in Pinecrest Memorial Gardens, Garden of Angels, in Covington.

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