Annie Doris Rogers

Annie Doris (Flakes) Rogers was born March 10, 1929 to Alfred Flakes and Odessa Jones. She was educated at the Royal Colored High School in Brookshire, Texas and continued her education at Franklin Beauty College in Houston, Texas. As a result of this professional training, she and her best friend Dorothy Mae Gay Rogers would establish a salon in the Acres Homes community. She would go on to work for Sears Roebuck and Company for over 30 years. Following retirement, she enjoyed various social activities with the Sears Roebuck and Company Retirement Group. She accepted the Lord Jesus Christ at an early age and was baptized at Little Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Brookshire, Texas. In 1948, she joined Greater Zion Missionary Baptist Church under the pastoralship of the late Reverend S. B. Parker. She served in various ministries at Greater Zion. Her work in the church fueled her desire to study God’s Word on a deeper level thus leading her to Bible Study Fellowship International (BSF). Annie Doris married the late L. C. Rogers in 1948. They raised four sons: Ellery (Margaret), Lewis (Mary), Lester, and Donald (Marilyn). This union would yield fifteen grandchildren, twenty-two great grandchildren, and two great-great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her husband, LC. Rogers; parents, Odessa Jones Hightower and Alfred Flakes; brother, Melvin Reed; son, Lester Rogers and grandson, Lawrence Rogers. She leaves to celebrate her life and legacy: four sons, three daughtersin- law, fourteen grandchildren, twenty-two great grandchildren, and two great-great grandchildren; brothers-in-law, Robert Rogers, Ozay Rogers (Bessie), and Willis Tillis; sisters-in-law, Lela Esther (Williard Sr.), Lorene Tillis, and Clara Sneed. As the purpose of this obituary is to both memorialize and provide some context for the life of Annie Doris (Flakes) Rogers, it is appropriate that we reference I Corinthians 4:7. “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.” Paul’s words are befitting as Annie Doris’ life work personified the selfless practice of love as characterized in the verses above. Her Loving Journey