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Douglas Lee Rogers

Male 1925 - 2009  (83 years)


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  • Name Douglas Lee Rogers  [1
    Birth 26 Sep 1925  Decatur, Morgan County, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 3 Jul 2009  Decatur, Morgan County, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial Roselawn Gardens of Memory, Decatur, Morgan County, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Notes 
    • Obituary, as copied from his FindAGrave memorial page created by FH Terry:

      Funeral for Douglas Lee Rogers, 83, of Decatur will be Monday, July 6, 2009, at 2 p.m. at Westminster Presbyterian Church with the Rev. David Rollins officiating and Roselawn Funeral Home directing. Burial will be in Roselawn Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1 to 2 p.m. at the church.

      Mr. Rogers, who died Friday, July 3, 2009, was born Sept. 26, 1925, in Decatur to John Tifford Rogers and Minnie Lee Rogers. He was retired from Rankin Insurance, where he was an account executive for 40 years. He was a lifetime resident of Decatur and graduated from Riverside High School. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the Navy aboard the USS George E Davis. He was a life-time member of Westminster Presbyterian Church. He was a 50-year member of the Rising Sun Lodge No 29 and served as a past master of the lodge. He was also a member of the York Rite Bodies of Decatur, where he received the Knights of the York Cross honor; and was a member of the Cahaba Shrine Club and Decatur Shrine Club, where he was a past president. He was also a member of Mary Lou Dancy No 320 Order of the Eastern Star. He was also a member of the American Legion Post No 15 and the Decatur Lions Club. He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 62 1/2 years, Audrey McLemore Rogers and brother, Tifford Rogers.

      Survivors include two daughters, Dianne Stephenson and husband, Billy, of Decatur and Phyllis R Galen and husband, Clark, of Sarasota, Fla; grandchildren, Shane Stephenson of Madison and fiancee, Jennifer Cantor; and Chana Stephenson; and great-grandchildren, Peyton Stephenson, Grant Stephenson and Dahlia Cantor.

      Pallbearers will be Billy Stephenson, Clark Galen, Shane Stephenson, Maurice Means, Bill Cole, Jerry Harrison, George Mills, John Ford and Phillip Watkins.
      DECATUR DAILY - July 5, 2009

    Person ID I46199  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 2 Sep 2015 

    Family Audrey H. McLemore,   b. 1 May 1924, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Jan 2009, Decatur, Morgan County, Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Marriage Y  [1
    Family ID F13741  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Sep 2015 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 26 Sep 1925 - Decatur, Morgan County, Alabama Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 3 Jul 2009 - Decatur, Morgan County, Alabama Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Roselawn Gardens of Memory, Decatur, Morgan County, Alabama Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S873] Find A Grave [database online]; http://www.findagrave.com/, (Thousands of contributors submit new listings, updates, corrections, photographs and virtual flowers every hour to the FIND A GRAVE website. When it comes to administrating, building and maintaining the site, Find A Grave is largely operated by its founder, Jim Tipton.), # 39090415 (Reliability: 3).