| 4. | Rodgers, Samuel William was born on 07 Nov 1896 (son of Rodgers, Jim and Williams, Mattie Priscilla); died on 20 Feb 1960. Notes:
Laura Viola (Harrison) Rodgers Family Record:
The Harrison Quartet with Bill, Leon, Archie and Buster Harrison sang at Sam's funeral.
Obituary
Sam W. Rodgers
Services for Sam W. Rodgers, 61, former Lawton resident who died in Fort Worth, Tex., early Thursday, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Becker Memorial Chapel. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery.
Rodgers, born in Deport, Tex., Nov., 1898, lived in Lawton from 1945 until 1954. He had worked with the Salvation Army in Galveston and Fort Worth service since that time. He married Susie E. Mankins Feb. 11, 1919, in Clarkesville, Tex. She died in February, 1946.
He is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Leon C. Harrison, 910 S. 17th; Mrs. J. H. Batson, Dallas, Tex., and Mrs. Bill West, Wichita, Kan.; six sons, W. D., of Hayward, Cal.; Wayne, of Mountain View, Cal.; Dean of Borger, Tex.; Sammie, of Oklahoma City; Billy Ray, of Midland, Tex., and Gordon A., of 1301 Cache Road; two half sisters, Miss. Verah Cotten and Miss. Maggie Cotten, both of Bogata, Tex.; three half brothers, Albert Cotten, Paris, Tex.; Jube Cotten, Fresno, Cal., and Rube Cotten, Rosemont, Cal.; 22 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Samuel married Mankins, Susie Edna on 08 Jan 1919 in Texas. Susie (daughter of Mankins, Frank and Emma,) was born on 25 Sep 1900; died on 08 Jan 1946. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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