The Shreveport Times
Obituaries
Monday, April 04, 2005

Shelton " Sammy" Rogers 
O E Price Cemetery, Logansport, DeSoto Pr., LA

LOGANSPORT, LA - Funeral services for Retired Fire Captain Shelton 
"Sammy" Rogers, 61, of Logansport, will be held at 2 p.m., Tuesday, 
April 5, 2005 at Rose-Neath Funeral Home in Logansport, LA. Bro. Jackie 
Meeks and Bro. Larry Andrews will be officiating. Burial follows at 
O.E. Price Cemetery in Logansport.

Visitation will be held Monday from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m at Rose-Neath 
Funeral Home.

Mr. Rogers passed away at the Grace Home in Shreveport on April 2, 2005 
after a lengthy illness.

Mr. Rogers was born June 26, 1943 to Shelton S. Rogers and Lois Steele 
Rogers. He joined the Army in November 1962 as an Army Paratrooper 
Specialist 4. After he completed his military service in January 1967, 
he joined the Shreveport Fire Department on January 1, 1968. He made 
Captain in 1982 and retired from the department in 1995. Mr. Rogers was 
known around the fire department as "Super Sport". 

Mr. Rogers married Reba Brown on November 23, 1968 in Logan, TX. They 
made their home in Logansport, LA and had three children. Mr. Rogers 
was a member of the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church. He enjoyed hunting, 
fishing, cooking and spending time with his grandchildren.

Mr. Rogers is preceded in death by his parents, Rev. Shelton Rogers and 
Lois Rogers Norwood; his daughter, Lori Rogers; and his father-in-law, 
Mr. Earl Brown.

He is survived by his wife, Reba Rogers; one son, Timothy Rogers, Sr. 
and wife Kelly, all of Logansport; one daughter, Sharman Ballard and 
husband C.L. of Tenaha, TX; 8 grandchildren, Timothy, Trepton and Kiley 
Rogers of Logansport, Rachel and Samantha Parker of Tenaha, Ryan 
Ballard of Tenaha, Kristin and Traci Ballard of Haughton, LA, one 
sister, Janice Pierce and husband Don of Logansport, three brothers, 
Thomas Rogers and wife Margaret of Kilgore, TX, Charles Rogers of 
Athens, AL, Clay Rogers of Tyler, TX, and a host of nieces, nephews, 
other relatives and a lot of friends.

Pallbearers are John Rogers, Richard Busbey, Glen Bordner, Jarrod
 Johnson, Jason Johnson and Mike Lawson. 

Special thanks to Dr. Lynn and Sherry from Schumpert Hospital, the 
staff at Grace Home in Shreveport and Dr. Ballard at Mansfield 
Hospital.Rose-Neath Funeral Home

Logansport, LA - 697-4441