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Submitted: 3/31/21 • Approved: 4/1/21 • Last Updated: 4/4/21 • R403501-G403500-S3
John C.
October 19, 1919-December 14, 2000
Beloved Husband and Father
Please see military marker
Velma J.
March 7, 1918-December 8, 1988
Beloved Wife and Mother
Please see closeup view
Married August 19, 1939
Photo/Information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary for John
BORGER - John C. Rogers, 81, died Thursday, Dec. 14, 2000, in Amarillo.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Fairlanes Baptist Church with Andy Dietz, minister of missions at First Baptist Church, officiating. Burial will be in the Garden of Devotion at Westlawn Memorial Park by Minton / Chatwell Funeral Directors.
Mr. Rogers was born in Morris, Okla., and had lived in Borger since 1942. He served in the Army Air Corps as a B-25 pilot during World War II.
He retired as night superintendent from Phillips Petroleum Co.
Mr. Rogers was a member of Fairlanes Baptist Church and the Adobe Walls Masonic Lodge No. 1355.
Mr. Rogers married Velma Brooks in 1939 at Pawnee, Okla. She died in 1988.
Survivors include a son, John C. Rogers of Canyon; a daughter, Kristy K. Huff of Borger; three sisters, Mildred L. Wyatt of Rogers, Ark., Imogene D. Stanford of Rogers, Texas, and Dale Grayum of Pampa; and four grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to BSA Hospice, P.O. Box 950, Amarillo, TX 79176-0001.
The family will be at 2233 Huber Ave.
Amarillo Daily News, Dec. 16, 2000
*Obituary for Velma
Funeral services for Velma Joyce Rogers, 70, 703 Montana, will be held at 3 p.m. Monday, December 12, at Fairlanes Baptist Church with Rev. Walter Goodnight of Shallowater, officiating, assisted by Rev. Art McAnich, pastor of Fairlanes Baptist Church.
Burial will be in Westlawn Memorial Park by Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
Pallbearers will be Roy Lively, Fred Cochran, Doug Adkins, Tex Tomlinson, Larry Mooring, Bruce Jordan, Jim Roby, James Wright.
Survivors include her husband, John C. Rogers of the home; a daughter, Kristy Huff of Borger; a son, John Curtis Rogers of Borger; two brothers, Jerald Brooks and Bill Brooks of Guymon, Okla.; one sister, Winnie Rinehart of Guymon, Okla.; four grandchildren.
(Published in Borger News Herald, Sunday, December 11, 1988)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Velma Rogers
Death Date: 8 Dec 1988
Death County: Potter
Gender: Female
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Velma B. Rogers
Last Residence:
79007 Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
BORN: 7 Mar 1918
Died: Dec 1988
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Velma Joyce Brooks
[Velma Rogers]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 7 Mar 1918
Birth Place: Cleveland, Oklahoma
[Cleveland PA??, Oklahoma]
Death Date: Dec 1988
Father: William M Brooks
Mother: Iva Dickson
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: Dec 1938: Name listed as VELMA JOYCE BROOKS; Jul 1963: Name listed as VELMA ROGERS; Jun 1966: Name listed as VELMA JOYCE ROGERS; 21 Dec 1988: Name listed as VELMA B ROGERS
Contributed on 3/31/21 by neldapat
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