Jerry T. Rogers
Jerry T. Rogers of Campbellsville and Pensacola, Florida, son of the late J. T. Rogers and Catherine Odell Sallee Rogers, was born in Green County, Kentucky, July 27, 1943. He died at 7:40 A.M., Wednesday, April 20, 2011 in Campbellsville. Age: 67
He was a veteran of the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War having served his country honorably in the United States Navy for some 28 years before retiring.
He professed faith in Christ and attended the Marcus Point Baptist Church in Pensacola, Florida and Earlys Chapel United Methodist Church in Campbellsville.
He united in marriage to Donna Raye Blevins July 9, 1966. She preceded him in death March 5, 2006.
He united in marriage to Patricia Short Phillips May 27, 2009.
Besides his wife, Patricia Phillips Rogers, he is survived by a daughter-in-law, Jill Rogers Baxley of North Augusta, South Carolina; two step-children: Eric Phillips and wife, Lorie of Campbellsville and Amy Medley and husband, Jeff of Louisville; two grandchildren: Noah Thomas Rogers and Katey Ellis Rogers of South Carolina; seven step-grandchildren; two brothers and one sister: Paul D. Rogers, Robert L. Rogers and wife, Nancy and Kathy Lynn Rogers of Campbellsville; his mother-in-law, Dixie Mae Short of Campbellsville; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by a son Derek T. Rogers June 6, 2008.
VISITATION: After 6:00 P.M., Friday
FUNERAL SERVICES: 4:00 P.M., Saturday, April 23, 2011 at the Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville by Rev. Lawrence Brockman, Jr.
BURIAL: Brookside Cemetery with full military honors by the Marion County Veterans Honor Guard
