Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rogers, Edwin Archibald October 31, 1998
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Virginian-Pilot, The (Norfolk, VA) - Wednesday, November 4, 1998 
Edwin Archibald Rogers, 90, died peacefully Oct. 31, 1998, at Chesapeake Health
Care Center in Chesapeake.

He was born Nov. 23, 1907, in Norfolk, the second child born to the late Jacob
Rogers and Evangeline Marshall Rogers.

Mr. Rogers was educated in the Norfolk Public School System graduating from
Booker T. Washington High School in the Class of 1925. He received his bachelor
of science degree from Hampton Institute, now Hampton University, and a master
of arts degree in administration and supervision from Columbia University, New
York.

After teaching a few years, he was appointed assistant principal at Booker T.
Washington High School where he was the first choral director. Music was a vital
part of his life. He will be remembered for the excellent musical programs
presented under his direction for many years, as well as his love for B.T.W. Mr.
Rogers retired in 1971 with 40 years of service from the Norfolk Public School
System as assistant principal of Ruffner Junior High School.

``E.A.,'' as he was affectionately called, was a member of St. John's A.M.E.
Church, Norfolk, where his church activities were quite extensive: church clerk,
member of the Trustee Board, Historical Landmark Committee, secretary of the
Official Board, founding member of the Stewardship and Finance Commission. He
was director of the Chancel, Gospel and Richard Allen Male Chorus, minister of
music, and one of the organizers of the Brock-Hunter Fellowship Group.

Mr. Rogers was a United States Army veteran, a member of Omega Psi Phi
fraternity and Kit-Kat Club.

Edwin was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Geraldine Allison Rogers;
sisters, Athelma R. Nix and Frederica R. Ballard; and brothers, Milton F. Rogers
Sr. and Frank E. Rogers Sr.

He leaves to cherish his memories nieces, Charity N. Harrell and husband, Adam,
of Chesapeake, and Mary Ann Richardson and husband, James, of Norfolk; six
nephews; seven great-nephews; and many other relatives and friends.

A funeral will be conducted at noon Thursday at St. John's A.M.E. Church,
Norfolk, by the Rev. I.W. Knight Sr., presiding elder, and the Rev. Larry S.
Hinton, pastor. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery . The family will receive
friends at the home of Adam and Charity Harrell, 228 Fernwood Farms Road,
Chesapeake. Memorial donations may be made to St. John's A.M.E. Church Mortgage
Fund. Riddick Funeral Service is handling arrangements. 

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