Extracted from The Shreveport Times (Shreveport, LA)
Mr. Jack H. Rogers
SPRINGHILL, LA - Services for Mr. Jack H. Rogers, 68, will be held at 4 p.m., Thursday, February 17, 1994 at the Bailey Mortuary Chapel in Springhill with Rev. James Schoenrock officiating. Burial will be in the Old Minden City Cemetery.
Mr. Rogers, a descendant of the late Jefferson Lee and Cecile Dunn Rogers of Minden, passed away Wednesday February 16 in Springhill after a long illness. He was a resident of Springhill for 28 years, a member of the First Baptist Church and was an office agent for the Kansas City Southern Railroad where he was employed for 30 years. He was a veteran of World War II serving in the U.S. Army. He served in the following campaigns: Guinea, Luzon and the South Philippines.
He was preceded in death by a son, Robert Wade Rogers on June 9, 1956.
He is survived by his wife, Marjorie Braden Rogers: two sons, Bruce A. Rogers and Jeffrey Lee Rogers and his wife Crystal all of Springhill; two brothers, Joe W. Rogers of Minden and Dennis L. Rogers of Metairie; grandchildren, Brandon Lee and Leah Allene Rogers.
Pallbearers will be Bennie Craton, Lee Umphries, Jim Hall, Harley Thomas, Jerry Lindsey and Gary Montgomery.
Honorary pallbearers will be all retired KCS employees.
Thursday, February 17, 1994