NAME: ALBERT LEE AL ROGERS, AGE 77, A LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN: JUNE 3, 1926 AT BRITTON, TEXAS TO LEMUL BROWN AND IVA BLANCHE (SLATTON) ROGERS.

PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2003 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 77 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 9 DAYS.

OCCUPATION: AL WORKED OVER 10 YEARS FOR SETLIFF HUNT FURNITURE AND HARDWARE, HE WORKED SEVERAL YEARS FOR THE OKLAHOMA DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS AND RETIRED FROM THE D.O.C. IN 1988. HE PASTORED WILSON BAPTIST CHURCH IN 1979.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT BRITTON, MIDLOTHIAN, AND MANSFIELD, TX.

MARRIED: DAISY ESTHER WOLFE ON OCTOBER 6, 1953 AT THE NORTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH IN FT. WORTH, TX.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: AL WAS SAVED AND BAPTIZED NOVEMBER 30, 1969. HE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN ANTLERS. AL SERVED AS SUNDAY SCHOOL DIRECTOR AND WAS ACTIVE IN THE BAPTIST MENS ASSN. HE WAS ORDAINED AS A DEACON ON OCTOBER 14, 1976 AND WAS AN ORDAINED MINISTER. HE WORKED FOR THE ATOKA- COAL BAPTIST ASSN. FOR 8 YEARS.

SURVIVED BY

WIFE: DAISY ESTHER ROGERS OF THE HOME.

SISTER: DORIS THOMPSON AND HUSBAND JOHN OF NEWARK, TX.

BROTHERS-IN-LAW: JOE WOLFE AND WIFE DOROTHY OF ALAMOGORDO, NM. CHARLES WOLFE OF MINNIAPOLIS, KS.

SISTER-IN-LAW: OVEDA ZVOLANEK OF ELLSWORTH, KS.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: LEMUL AND IVA ROGERS. BROTHER: LEMUL MAURICE BROWN ROGERS.

DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2003 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. ROLAND BEHNEKE. ASSISTING: REV. BEN HOTUBE.

GRAVESIDE COMMITTAL SERVICE: BRITTON CEMETERY ~ BRITTON, TEXAS AT 4:00 P.M.

CASKETBEARERS: BILLY WAGNER, WINSTON ARNOLD, GRAYLAND SMITH, DALLAS WILSON, EMMITT COFFMAN, JAMES BROWN.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: SAM PACE, HOLLIS RAINEY, TED NOWLIN, J. T. SAIN, KENNETH STEWARD, JIMMIE DAVIS.