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- [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 6 Aug 2000.
Delmer Earl Rogers obituary
- [S86] McCammon-Ammons-Click Funeral Home, (http://www.mccammonammonsclick.com/), 27 Jul 2010.
Paul Jeffrey ''Jeff'' Rogers, Sr.
July 26, 1963 - July 27, 2010
Birthplace: Knoxville, TN
Resided In: Friendsville TN USA
Visitation: August 01, 2010
Service: August 01, 2010
Cemetery: Sherwood Memorial Gardens
Paul J. (Jeff) Rogers, Sr., age 47 of Friendsville, TN, passed away suddenly Tuesday, July 27, 2010, from an automobile accident. He was a Christian and was preceded in death by his brother, Dana Rogers and father, Delmer Rogers.
Survivors include his wife, Ellen Rogers; mother, Shirley (Shaver) Roughton; sons, Jeffrey Rogers, Jr. of Maryville, Tim Rogers of Dayton, TN; sister, Kelly (Rogers) Copeland; 4 granddaughters, Kasie, Ashlyn, Zoe and Anna Rogers; brother-in-law, Carl E. Jones, Jr. and wife Mary E. Jones; 2 uncles, Elmer Rogers and A. P. (Yogi) Shaver; one nephew, Austin Sikorski; 2 nieces, Kara McCammon and Kahla Jones; daughter-in-law, Kristy Mabry of Nashville, TN; several great nieces and great nephews.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday in McCammon-Ammons-Click Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jackie Scott officiating. The interment will follow at Sherwood Memorial Gardens.
The family will receive friends from 12-1:30 p.m. Sunday at McCammon-Ammons-Click Funeral Home, Maryville.
At the request of the deceased: In lieu of flowers, donations for funeral expenses may be made to the family or to the families of patients at Knoxville Dialysis Clinic, Martin Mill Pike, Knoxville, TN.
McCammon-Ammons-Click Funeral Home, Maryville 982-6812
www.mccammonammonsclick.com
- [S27] The Daily Times, http://www.thedailytimes.com/, (Blount County, Tennessee), 28 Jul 2010.
Knoxville man killed in Smokies accident
A Knoxville man was killed in a motor vehicle accident Tuesday morning in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Paul J. Rodgers, 47, was killed in the single-vehicle wreck on Laurel Creek Road about 5.5 miles west of the Townsend junction in Blount County.
According to witness reports, Rodgers’s Chevrolet van drifted off the right edge of the road, struck a tree and then slid about 15 feet down an embankment. He was alone in the vehicle.
- [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 27 Jul 2010.
GATLINBURG - A driver found dead in his vehicle this morning at a crash scene in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park has been identified as a Knoxville man, according to park officials.
Paul J. Rodgers, 47, of Burnett Creek Road, was wearing his seat belt, and the airbag deployed in his 2001 Chevrolet van, said park spokesman Bob Miller.
No signs of alcohol or drug use were found either.
Miller said that according to witnesses, Rodgers was headed east on Laurel Creek Road about 5.5 miles from the Townsend junction in Blount County when his van drifted off the right edge of the road, struck a tree and then slid about 15 feet down an embankment.
Park rangers arrived within 5 minutes of the crash. Rodgers was pronounced dead at the scene. There were no other occupants.
An investigation into the crash continues.
More details as they develop online and in Wednesday's News Sentinel.
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