Jerry Leonard Rogers, a longtime Cushing resident and business owner, passed away on Friday, July 10, 2009 in the Drumright Hospital at the age of 71 years.
Funeral services have been entrusted to the Palmer Marler Funeral Home in Cushing and will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, July 15, 2009 in the Oak Grove Baptist Church, Cushing, OK. Burial will follow in the Euchee Valley Memorial Park.
The son of the late Earnest A. Rogers and Agnes N. (Newberry) Rogers, Jerry was born on April 27, 1938 in Tulsa, OK. He was reared and educated in Tulsa graduating from Holy Family and Oklahoma Military Academy with the class of 1957 where he lettered in football. Jerry had attended Tulsa Junior College before entering the United States Army in 1958. Jerry was united in marriage to Linda Kay Myers on January 31, 1976 in Las Vegas, NV. Jerry worked for many years as an oil and gas producer before owning Rogers Realty in Cushing.
Jerry enjoyed staying active in the community and with the First United Methodist Church where he was a member. He had served on numerous committees within the church and had more recently been a member of the Cushing Lion’s Club, Cushing Elk’s Lodge, and the Cushing Country Club (where he served as a board member in 2006). Prior to moving to Cushing, Jerry was the director for the Innkeepers Invitational Golf Classic for 1968-1969, member of the Tulsa Jaycee’s in 1961, and had been the director for the Miss Tulsa Pageant. Jerry was also a member of the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association and the Oklahoma Realtors Association. In 2006 the Cushing Main Street honored him as their “Main Street Hero” and the Cushing City Commission presented him with an “Outstanding Achievement” award.
Many will remember Jerry as a loving husband, father, and grandfather that always gave of himself to help others. But the things that Jerry cherished most were his family and his pets.
Survivors include his wife Linda of the home in Cushing; eight children, Farrah Hernandez and her husband Jimmie of Cushing, Kyndell Rogers and her fiancé Nick Brunner of Cushing, Gentry Roemmich and her husband Vince of Tulsa, Eric Rogers and his wife Susanna of Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, Lisa Milner and her husband Jerry of Austin, TX, Brett Rogers of Orange County, CA, Mark Rogers and his wife Melanie of Orange County, CA, and Todd Rogers and his wife Karen of Utah; eight grandchildren, Kelsey Milner, Nick Milner, Emerica Rogers, Jeric Rogers, Maeley Rogers, Preston Rogers, Madison Rogers, and Cherickee Rogers; father-in-law Cleo Myers of Cushing; numerous nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends.
In addition to his parents, Jerry was preceded in death by two sisters, Betty J. McKim and Rayziene Rogers, and two brothers, Roy Rogers and Earl Rogers.
The family request that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Oak Grove Baptist Church Youth Group or the First United Methodist Church Youth Group both in Cushing.
Condolences and an online guestbook are available at www.palmermarlerfh.com.
A video tribute honoring Jerry’s life can also be viewed at www.palmermarlerfh.com.
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