John W. Rogers, Jr.^[1]

Abt 1923 - 2010  (~ 87 years)

• Name	John W. Rogers
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	Abt 1923
  Gender	Male
  Died	29 Jun 2010  [2]
  Buried	2 Jul 2010	East Tennessee State Veterans’ Cemetery
  Person ID	I199464	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	John Willoughby Rogers,   d. Bef 17 Jul 2004
  Mother	Eliza Cummings,   d. Bef 17 Jul 2004
  Family ID	F109404	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Nadine Hayes
  Married	Abt 1946
  Children	+ 1. Linda Gail Rogers
  Family ID	F75856	Group Sheet

  
  

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• Sources

  [S26] Berry Funeral Home, (www.berryfuneralhome.com), 20 Nov 2002. Lois Hayes (Rogers) Morris obituary [S68] Click Funeral Home, (http://www.clickfuneralhome.com), 29 Jun 2010. John W. Rogers Jr., age 87, of Knoxville passed away Tuesday evening, June 29, 2010. John was a member, Deacon and Trustee of Belmont Heights Baptist Church. He did volunteer work at the Baptist Center. John was a veteran of World War II and participated in the Normandy invasion of France. He had three campaign ribbons while serving with the Army Amphibious Engineers. John was preceded in death by his sister, Lucy Simmons. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Nadine Hayes Rogers; daughter and son-in-law, Linda Gail and Johnny Moore of Sharpsburg, GA; grandchildren, Johnny Wayne Moore Jr. and wife Tammy, Cynthia Ann Prophitt and husband Stan, Scott Moore and wife Cathy; great grandchildren, Kayla Moore, Drake and Zackary Prophitt; sisters, Kathleen DeFord of Knoxville and June McGaffee of Louisville, KY; brother Gatha Rogers; several nieces and nephews; special friend, Donnie Whaley. Family and friends will gather at 11:30 a.m. on Friday at the East Tennessee State Veterans’ Cemetery for graveside services with full military honors conferred by the East Tennessee Veteran’s Honor Guard. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society. Click Funeral Home Farragut Chapel, 11915 Kingston Pike is serving the Rogers family.