HARRY FOSTER ROGERS

 

 

     Harry Foster Rogers, b June 22, 1926 - a son of Clarence Edward Rogers, b 1875, d 1952, and his wife, Barbara Isabelle (Crinchley) Rogers of Pittsburg, Pennsylvnia. His paternal grandparents were Alfred and Henry Rogers (1852-1932) of Worcester shire, Eng- land, who emigrated to America in 1869.

On Easter Sunday, in the George Woodland in Marlin, Texas, April 6, 1958, Harry married Alma Lavonne Pratt (called "Lavonne"), b October 10, 1935 -the only child of Kit Carson and Clarac Alma (Woodland) Pratt.

     Harry and Lavonne lived on military bases during his career in the U.S. Air Force. He retired in 1967 with twenty-three years' service. Lavonne taught school in California, Germany, Libya, Marlin, and Austin. They presently reside in the Austin Area, where Harry has just completed a term as Mayor of Rollingwood, Texas - an Austin Suburb - where he has been active in city affairs, and works for the State Comptroller of Public Accounts. Lavonne has taught private art classes, and her main love is landscape oil painting. Harry and Lavonne Rogers have three daughters:

     Roshay Lavonne Rogers, b June 14, 1960 - a 1983 graduate of The University of Texas, with an Art - education degree.

     Roseanne Dawn Rogers, b March 24, 1962 - married a Mr. Stedman; is a 1984 graduate of The University of Texas, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.

     Rosemary Faith Rogers, b December 23, 1963, received her degree in Finance in 1985 from The University of Texas.

     The Rogers family still maintains their Marlin - which was orginally her maternal grandfather's (George Woodland), and she retains her Falls County, Texas property.

 

 

 

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 396 column 1.  
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