HAROLD KEYES ROGERS

 

 

     Harold Keyes Rogers, b April 20, 1913 in Mart, Texas, d June 10, 1982 in San Antonio, Texas - was a son of Hudson Keyes and Dovie Elyola (Carmichael) Rogers. His grandparents, Marcus Lafayette and Mary Anne Ardellia (Powell) Rogers, were married in DeSoto County, Mississippi, and came to Mart, Texas in the 1870's, where their ten children were born. When his parents became ill in 1922, and subsequently died, Harold was reared by his father's sister and her husband, Paul Henry and Mabelle Laurea (Rogers) Reichert.

     In 1924, when the Reicherts moved to Rosebud in Falls County, Texas, Harold attended the Rosebud schools. On April 20, 1935, he was married to Hazel McClendon, b September 2, 1914 at Mooreville, Falls County - a daughter of Robert Lee and Ermine (Wiswell) McClendon. Harold and Hazel (McClendon) Rogers had one daughter:

     Jane Rogers, b April 7, 1942 in Waco, Texas- married June 30, 1962 to Harry Arch Turner III, and they have two children: Blakley Arch Turner, b September 26,1963; and Jill Rogers Turner, b June 6, 1967.

     Harold Keyes Rogers served in the U.S. Navy and was stationed in San Diego, California from 1943 to 1945. Hazel now resides in Waco. Texas.

 

 

 

 

 

Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of these Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Commission, page 395 column 2 and page 396 column 1.  
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