Mr. George A. Rogers

Mr. George A. Rogers, age 92, died late Saturday at Hospice Savannah. He was born on August 7, 1918, in Quincy, Illinois. He graduated from Illinois College in 1940, with his B.A. He then taught at Gem City Business College in Quincy, Ill. During World War II, he served in the European Theater in the 1st Army, 542nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, as reconnaissance and communications officer, having enlisted on March 11, 1942, and separated on June 26, 1946. Following his military service, he used the GI Bill to attend graduate school at the University of Illinois, receiving his Ph.D. in History in 1950. He then taught in the History Department at Georgia Southern for 33 years until his retirement in 1983. Together with R. Frank Saunders Jr., he co-authored, "Swamp Water and Wiregrass - Historical Sketches of Coastal Georgia," published by Mercer University Press in 1984. He served as one of the 15 appointed members of the Heritage Trust Commission established in 1975 by Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter. He was preceded in death by his wife of 46 years, Betty Adams Rogers.

Survivors include his daughter, Vivian Rogers-Price, and her husband, Michael Price, of Rincon, Ga.; his son, George William Rogers, and his wife, Mary Beth Halsey-Rogers, of Milford, Va.; four grandchildren, Jessica Price, John Price, Amanda Price and Mary-Wynn Rogers; and one sister, Kathleen Rogers Thron of Buffalo, N.Y.

Visitation will be held Tuesday from 6-8 p.m. at Hodges-Moore Funeral Home.

The funeral service will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Pittman Park United Methodist Church with the Rev. Bill Brown and the Rev. Tim Steffen officiating.

The body will lie in state at the church one hour prior to the funeral service.

Burial will be in Eastside Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to the George A. Rogers Scholarship Fund at Georgia Southern University.

Please visit our online memorial at www.hodgesmoore.com to sign the guestbook and to share your thoughts and fond memories with the Rogers family.

Hodges-Moore Funeral Home of Statesboro is in charge of the arrangements