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- [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 10 Nov 2004.
ROGERS , MR. DAVID B. - age 89, of LaFollette, TN , born May 27, 1915 died November 8, 2004. Excluding 4 1/2 years in the Army in World War II, which he entered as an enlisted man and was discharged a 2nd Lt., Mr. Rogers was engaged in the active practice of the law in Campbell County for over 60 years, having received his law degree in 1938 from UT. He served in public office as a delegate to the First Limited Constitutional Convention, as a Federal Civil Service Investigator, as an Assistant District Attorney General, as a General Sessions Judge, and, at one time or another, as City Attorney in each of the 4 towns in Campbell County. He was an active member of the First Presbyterian Church of LaFollette, TN , where he served 8 terms as an Elder. And he has been a director of The Peoples National Bank of LaFollette since 1953. He also served for many years as the attorney for the LaFollette Housing Authority, and was named the 1990 Rotary Club Citizen of the Year. He was preceded in death by: his son, Richard Alan Rogers , who died while a graduate student at the University of Tennessee his parents Judge Jesse L. Rogers and wife, Fannie Alexander Rogers and his brother Paul Rogers , who died in infancy. He is survived by: his wife, Ina Mae Rogers his daughter, Suzanne Cleary and her husband, Edward J. (Ted) Cleary and his grandchildren, Janet Lee Hopson and husband, Phillip Hopson of Dandridge, TN , and Jennifer Cleary of Charleston, SC. his brothers Ben F. Rogers and Joe E. (Buddy) Rogers and a sister Jessie Alexander Mitchell. Celebration of Life Services will be held at the First Presbyterian Church of LaFollette on Wednesday, November 10th with the Rev. Malcolm M. King III officiating. The family will receive friends at the Church from 5 to 7 p.m. preceding the service, which will begin at 7 p.m. The burial will be a private family service at Woodlawn Cemetery. The family requests that any memorial gifts be given to the First Presbyterian Church of LaFollette, TN , or to the Church or charity of your choice. Walters Funeral Home of LaFollette is honored to be serving the family of Mr. David B. Rogers.
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