clarence newton rogers
Funeral services for Clarence
Newton Rogers, 68, of 504 Pine- crest Drive East were held at 2 p.m.
Wednesday at the Colonial Chapel of Sullivan Funeral Home with the Rev.
Troy Long and the Rev. Clyde Copeland officiating.
Burial was in Algoma Cemetery under the direction of the Sullivan Family of Funeral Directors.
Mr. Rogers died at 7:40 a.m. Tuesday at Marshall Memorial Hospital following a lengthy illness. He had entered the hospital on Oct. 30.
Born Nov. 1, 1904 in Longview, he was the-son of Enoch Massi- land Rogers and Mrs. Elizabeth Frances Smitherman Rogers. He had resided in Marshall since 1907 and attended Robert E. Lee, Van Zandt and Marshall High schools. He married the former Mildred Louise Prothro May 2, 1936.
Mr. Rogers was a retired clerk for the Texas and Pacific Railroad, a position he held from 1938 to November of 1968. He had also been employed by the Hub Shoe Store and Weisman's Shoe Department. He was a member of Railway Clerks, T&P Railroad and of the Second Baptist Church here.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Mildred Rogers of Marshall; three sons, Robert N. Rogers of Tacoma, Wash., and Don M. Rogers and Ronnie C. Rogers, both of Marshall; two daughters, Mrs. Jack D. (Iris) Tinkle and Miss Peggy Rogers, both of Marshall; two grand- children, Jack Tinkle Jr. of Marshall and Stacy Louise Rogers of Tacoma, Wash.; and one sister, Mrs. Perry (Ruby) Hampton of Shreveport.
Pallbearers included Eldred Hart, Roy Courtney, Joe Smitherman, Alvin Smither- man, Clem Peden, Rufus Lan- caster and Bernice Gibson. Alternate pallbearers were Robert Smitherman and Bill
Watson.
Burial was in Algoma Cemetery under the direction of the Sullivan Family of Funeral Directors.
Mr. Rogers died at 7:40 a.m. Tuesday at Marshall Memorial Hospital following a lengthy illness. He had entered the hospital on Oct. 30.
Born Nov. 1, 1904 in Longview, he was the-son of Enoch Massi- land Rogers and Mrs. Elizabeth Frances Smitherman Rogers. He had resided in Marshall since 1907 and attended Robert E. Lee, Van Zandt and Marshall High schools. He married the former Mildred Louise Prothro May 2, 1936.
Mr. Rogers was a retired clerk for the Texas and Pacific Railroad, a position he held from 1938 to November of 1968. He had also been employed by the Hub Shoe Store and Weisman's Shoe Department. He was a member of Railway Clerks, T&P Railroad and of the Second Baptist Church here.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Mildred Rogers of Marshall; three sons, Robert N. Rogers of Tacoma, Wash., and Don M. Rogers and Ronnie C. Rogers, both of Marshall; two daughters, Mrs. Jack D. (Iris) Tinkle and Miss Peggy Rogers, both of Marshall; two grand- children, Jack Tinkle Jr. of Marshall and Stacy Louise Rogers of Tacoma, Wash.; and one sister, Mrs. Perry (Ruby) Hampton of Shreveport.
Pallbearers included Eldred Hart, Roy Courtney, Joe Smitherman, Alvin Smither- man, Clem Peden, Rufus Lan- caster and Bernice Gibson. Alternate pallbearers were Robert Smitherman and Bill
Watson.