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.
Member of Falls County Historical Commission.