Obituary

Jimmy Donald Rogers
(August 25, 1933 - April 22, 2012)

Jimmy Donald Rogers, 78, of Huntington, went home to be with the Lord on April 22, 2012 at St. Mary's Medical Center after a long illness. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 25, 2012, at Wallace Funeral Home, Milton, by Pastor Keith Creasy and Pastor Brady Lipscomb. Burial will be in Forest Memorial Park, Milton. He was born August 25, 1933, in Clay County, WV, a son of the late Clifton Walter Rogers and Winnie Wilma Cook Rogers. He was a Marshall University graduate. He was a professor of geography at Concord College from 1969 to 1972 and Marshall University from 1972-1998. He was a veteran of the United States Army having served during the Korean Conflict. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his brother, Doug Rogers. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Mary "Betty" Elizabeth Shields Rogers; one daughter, Barbara J. Simpson; one son and daughter-in-law, Donald Patrick and Robin Rogers; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Gloria and Gink Summers, and Brenda and Jim Massey; three brothers and sisters-in-law, Joseph and Anne Rogers, Walt and Karen Rogers, and Jack and Millie Rogers; eight grandchildren, Misty and Andy Adkins, Jennifer and Lee Rider, Donald Clifton Simpson, Amanda Martin (Broughton), Tosha and Ashley Hodges, Justin Patrick Rogers, Brittany and Shane Fulks, and Chera Rogers; 12 great grandchildren. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Wallace Funeral Home, Milton.