JOHN T. ROGERS

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Retired Chief Master Sgt. John Thomas Rogers, age 71, beloved husband of the late Lorraine A. Rogers, died on Friday, Sept. 12, 2014.

Born in Albany, New York, he was the son of the late Robert Leander Rogers and Isabelle Witkowski Rogers. Mr. Rogers served more than 30 years in the U.S. Air Force and retired as a Chief Master Sergeant. He served in both Vietnam and Desert Storm. He was a member of the Dalzell Chapter of the American Legion and Our Lady of the Skies parish at Shaw Air Force Base. Mr. Rogers was dedicated to serving our Lord through the Catholic Church. He served as the chairman of Operation True Giving for more than 12 years as well as on several other committees and councils. He also volunteered his time preparing taxes for the AARP. He enjoyed bowling and playing golf with the leagues of St. Anne and St. Jude.

Surviving are his children, Scott Thomas Rogers and his wife, Jennifer, of Texas and Kelly Anne Niswonger and her husband, Charles, of Atlanta; one sister, Patricia Hyde and her husband, Milo, of Brunswick, New York; and five grandchildren, Cecilia Rogers, Kane Rogers, Nichole Pugh, Elizabeth Niswonger and Brian Niswonger.

In addition to his wife and parents, Mr. Rogers is preceded in death by a grandchild, Nickolas Rogers, and a brother, James Rogers.

A funeral service will be held on Wednesday at 11 a.m. at St. Anne Catholic Church. Interment will follow in the Fort Jackson National Cemetery with full military honors at 2 p.m.

Members of the U.S. Air Force Honor Guard will serve as pallbearers.

The family will receive friends on Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Bullock Funeral Home.

You may sign the family's guest book at www.bullockfuneralhome.com. The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home for the arrangements.