REVEREND HENRY C. ROGERS

1944-1945

Rev. Rogers was born in Georgia, but his family moved to

Alabama and he later graduated from Odenville High School.

During his freshman year at Howard College, Alabama, he was

employed by Twenty-Seventh Street Church, Birmingham, Ala.,

and was later ordained as a minister in 1923 in the same Church.

During his sophmore year at Howard College, he served as

Educational Director at South Avondale Church. Here he had the

first standard B.Y.P.U., and during his senior year he served

as assistant pastor to Dr. J. W. Partridge, Pratt City Church.

Following his graduation, he worked with Young People of the

Southern Baptist Convention. In addition he was recognized as

one of the leading ministers of the South.

Rev. Rogers continued his keen interest in youth, as our

pastor, and instigated the observance of Youth Week. Our Church

proudly holds the distinction of being the second Church in

the Southern Baptist Convention to honor the youth in this

manner. Mr. Rogers left our Church in 1945 to accept pastorate

work in Fort Worth, Texas. His last regular pastorate was in

Atlanta, Ga. His untimely death occurred in 1956, and he was

buried in Bessemer, Alabama.

HISTORY OF LINCOLNTON FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, 1859-1959 (NCCF)

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ROGERS IS DEAD

Henry C. Rogers, former pastor of the Grant Park church

in Atlanta, was found dead at Bessemer, Ala., where he served

before coming to Atlanta. The coroner said he took his own

life.

Mr. Rogers was at Grant Park for four years before

leaving in February. He previously had served in the South

Highland church in Bessemer, as associate pastor of the First

church in Dallas, Texas, and with the Training Union in

Tennessee.

Survivors include Mrs. Rogers, a sister, Mrs. J. F.

McBride of Cheraw, S. C., and a brother, H.F. Rogers of

Chattanooga. Two Atlanta ministers, W. L. Selman and J. T.

Ford, officiated at the funeral.

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ROGERS, HENRY C.

Director, Tenn. Training and Student Union, Nashville,

Tenn.; born, Rockmart, Ga., 1904; son of Alice Saphronia

Satterfield and James Wright Rogers; education, A. B.,

Howard Col., Birmingham, Ala.; ordained, 1923; married,

Hirsch Childs of Bessemer, Ala., Mar. 22, 1929, daughter of

Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Childs; State B.Y.P.U. worker, Ala.,

13 years; Ed. director, chas. at Avondale and Pratt City,

4 yrs. wile in college; Co-Author; "Associational Bapt.

Training Union Manual;" Horne Address: 2507 Kensington

Place, Nashville, Tenn; office, 149 6th Avenue, No.

AMONG SOUTHERN BAPTISTS, p. 436

By: John S. Rarnond

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HENRY C. ROGERS PASSES

By the Editor

The funeral of Henry C. Rogers was held May 10, 1956, at

Brown's Funeral Home in Bessemer, Ala. Mrs. H. H. Grooms, of

Birmingham, Ala., sang "When I Survey the Wonderous Cross".

Rev. W. L. Selman, of Atlanta, Ga., read the following

Scriptures: Psalms 23; John 14:1-4; 26-27, and 1 Thes. 4:13-18.

Rev. J. T. Ford, of Atlanta, Ga., read two poems, namely

"Others" and "Some of These Days". Mrs. Grooms then sang

"Beyond the Sunset". Prayer was led by Rev. Forrest Garrard,

of Hapevill, Ga. Dr. W. F. Powell, Nashville, Tenn., brought

a very comforting message. Interment was at the Valhalla

Cemetery where Rev. Wayne Dehaney, of Birmingham, read 1 Cor.

15:50-58. Rev. Judson Jones, of Hueytown, Ala., gave the closing prayer.

Rev. Rogers served in state and southwide positions, having

been head of the Training Union Department in Alabama before

going to work with the Sunday School Board at Nashville. He

was widely used in south-wide meetings at Ridgecrest and other

gatherings. He served as assistant pastor to the First Baptis

Church at Waco, Texas, and First Baptist Church at Dallas,

Texas. He was pastor of the South Highland Baptist Church,

in Bessemer, prior to going to Grant Park Baptist Church in Atlanta.

Rev. Rogers was born in Rockmart, Ga., and was 52 years

of age at his death on May 8, 1956, in Bessemer, Ala. He was

a graduate of Howard College, Baylor University of Waco,

Texas, and attended Yale University.

He is survived by his wife, the former Miss Hirsch Childs,

of Bessemer, Ala., a sister, Mrs. J. F. McBride of Cheraw,

S. C., and a brother, H. P. Rogers, of Chattanooga, Tenn., and other relatives.

The funeral was attended by a wide group of friends from

out of the state of Alabama, and from Alabama itself. The

esteem in which he was held was fully recognized in the large

number of florals which were in evidence at the funeral. We

have never seen more sympathy and interest manifested in the passing of one to his reward.

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