Carl Dovis Rogers Jr.

Carl Dovis Rogers Jr. Went down proudly at his home Thursday, May 26, near Rockledge, FL. Known as C.D. to some of his close friends and family, he had been suffering with recurring lung infections for the past year and was recently recovering from a broken hip the past two months. Born July 12, 1922 to Carl and Rose May (Bivins) Rogers in Macon Georgia, C. D. was a graduate of Waycross High School where he lettered in track and was State Long Jump Champion, He attended the University of Georgia and graduated from Mercer University with Bachelor of Science degree and Midshipman School Columbia University. He was a proud Navy veteran after serving in the South Pacific Theatre during WWII most of the time aboard LST 581 and then aboard LST 1040 after the close of the war. He had a long steady working career after the war starting with the Morton Salt Company of Chicago where he entered into computer programming with IBM and continued his education at North Western University. Carl moved on from there as director of Data Processing to help the major U.S. Steel Railroads EJ&E and the Bessemer & Lake Erie enter the modern computer age. He then went on to the Milwaukee Road and retired from the Soo Line in 1984. “An Elegant Man” Carl was a self described “Georgia Cracker” and a true Southern Gentleman, loving towards family, kind and understanding towards all he met. Married on Flag Day, June 14, 1946 he’s survived by his wife of 65 years Peggy (Coyne) Rogers, his sister Francis Taylor, his six children; Carl Dovis III (Cathy), Patricia (Mark) Carpenter, James (Debbie), Daniel (Michelle), Matthew Bivins and Shawn (Bert) Elfrink, eleven grandchildren; Carl Dovis IV(Tiffany), Jason Lemuel (Nikki), Marci (Alex) Gutierrez, Harrison Elfrink, Megan, A’Brey, Alexandra Carpenter, Stephanie, Hopkin Elfrink, Shannon and Ashley, three great grandchildren; Carl Dovis V “Quentin”, Noelle and Jacob Gutierrez. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, June 11, at the Historic St. Patrick Church on O Road in Laurie. Inurnment will follow in the St. Patrick Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m., Saturday, at the church. Memorial contributions are suggested to the St. Joseph Institute for the Deaf, 1809 Clarkson Rd., Chesterfield, Missouri 63017. Arrangements are under the direction of the Kidwell-Garber Laurie/Sunrise Beach Chapel and Florida Memorial Funeral Home in Rockledge, Florida.

Carl Dovis Rogers Jr.

July 12, 1922 - May 26, 2011

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July 12, 1922 - May 26, 2011

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