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Edgar Lee Rogers

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Edgar Lee Rogers

Birth
Arkansas, USA
Death
13 Mar 1999 (aged 84)
Potter County, Texas, USA
Burial
Amarillo, Randall County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section FV Lot 105 Space 4
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GM2 US NAVY WORLD WAR II
The Wellington Leader March 18, 1999

Edgar Lee Rogers of Amarillo died March 13, 1999 at Craig/Methodist Retirement Center, Amarillo. Mr. Rogers was born in Arkansas and moved to Amarillo from Wellington where he had lived since 1926. The family farmed in Collingsworth County. He joined the U. S. Navy and served aboard the USS Idaho in the Pacific Theater. Following his discharge he worked in the oil fields in Texas, Kansas and Saudi Arabia. He formed his own trucking business in 1955 and continued in that business for the remainder of his life. He married Ortez Stone in 1961 in Amarillo. He was a member of the Washington Avenue Christian Church. Survivors include three daughters, Sarah Phillip, Nancy McKee and Virginia Land, all of Amarillo; six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. He is also survived by his sister-in-law, Louise Rogers of Wellington.
GM2 US NAVY WORLD WAR II
The Wellington Leader March 18, 1999

Edgar Lee Rogers of Amarillo died March 13, 1999 at Craig/Methodist Retirement Center, Amarillo. Mr. Rogers was born in Arkansas and moved to Amarillo from Wellington where he had lived since 1926. The family farmed in Collingsworth County. He joined the U. S. Navy and served aboard the USS Idaho in the Pacific Theater. Following his discharge he worked in the oil fields in Texas, Kansas and Saudi Arabia. He formed his own trucking business in 1955 and continued in that business for the remainder of his life. He married Ortez Stone in 1961 in Amarillo. He was a member of the Washington Avenue Christian Church. Survivors include three daughters, Sarah Phillip, Nancy McKee and Virginia Land, all of Amarillo; six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. He is also survived by his sister-in-law, Louise Rogers of Wellington.


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