Gillis Rogers

August 28, 1933 - December 29, 2011

Mr. Gillis Rogers passed away, Thursday, December 29, 2011, at his home in Bainbridge. Services will be held Sunday, 2:00 p.m., January 1, 2012, at Cox Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. James Williams will be officiating. Interment will follow in Oak City Cemetery. Serving at pallbearers will be David Patrick, Tommy Rogers, Jr., Joe Dodson, Gary Dodson, Dean Rogers, and Dan Laughridge. The family will receive friends one hour before the service, beginning at 1:00 p.m. Gillis Rogers was born August 28, 1933 in Tattnall County, Georgia. His parents were Tom Rogers and Willie Driggers Rogers. He was married to Earnestine Hiers Rogers, who preceded him in death. Gillis served in the U S. Army. He was a very talented upholsterer. Mr. Rogers was a member of the First United Methodist Church. His family remembers him as a good father and good provider. He took care of the family he loved. His other love was fishing. Gillis Rogers is survived by his daughter, Willene Patrick of Bainbridge, Georgia; sisters, Joanne Crites of Okeechobee, Florida and Earlene Paras of West Palm Beach, Florida; grandchildren, David Roger Patrick, Virginia Daniell Alday, and Tommy Morgan Rogers, Jr., all of Bainbridge. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife;son, Tommy Morgan Rogers, Sr.; brothers, L. J. Rogers, Norman Rogers, Aldean Rogers, Alfred Rogers; and sisters, Lola Winning, and Lee Carlson.