DEATH CALLS SHERIF ROGERS
Eastman, Ga., August 25., -- J. C. Rogers, for sixteen years sheriff of this county, died this morning at 3 o'clock from a stroke of paralysis with which he was stricken Friday evening about 7 o'clock.
Sheriff rogers was probably the most popular man in his county and was regarded as one of the best sheriffs in the state. At the least election, when an opponent made a very hard fight against him on the ground of the long time her had held the office, he was re-elected by the largest majority he had ever received, leading the ticket over all other candidates.
As a testimony of the esteem in which he was held and to somewhat relieve the hardship of his family, it is believed that his son Sam Rogers, Jr., will be elected to fill the unexpired term.
See also the following:
DODGE'S BELOVED SHERIFF HAS PASSED AWAY
Mr. James Cullen Rogers, Prominent Citizen and Official, Died Sunday Morning, following Stroke of Paralysis.
On Sunday morning last, about 8 o'clock, that which was mortal put on immortality, and the spirit of James Cullen Rogers, for fourteen years the beloved sheriff of Dodge County, returned to its Creator.
This announcement was received with sadness wherever Mr. Rogers was known. It has been the lot of but few men to make and hold such universal friendships among his people as was held by this popular official, and a pang of sorrow was felt in every breast when it became known that this once strong man, yet at the age when his life should have been at the zenith of its prime, had fallen a victim to the Grim Reaper, at whose bidding all, whether rich or poor, weak or mighty, must lay down their earthly affairs, regardless of the stage of progress, and walk with Him through the dark valley into the arena of the new life seen to mortals only through the eye of faith.
Mr. Rogers had been in declining health more than a year, during which time he visited various health resorts and was under treatment of some of the leading physicians of the state. On Monday of last week he went to Bowden Lithia Springs in the hope of his condition being improved, but grew dissatisfied there and remained only a day or two, returning to his home in Eastman. Friday afternoon he drove out to his farm, about a mile from the city, to look after business matters there. Soon after his return he suffered a severe stroke of paralysis that affected his whole right side and rendered him unconscious. The end came peacefully Sunday morning, he having never regained consciousness.
The remains were interred in the Mullis Cemetery Monday afternoon, the Eastman Lodge of Masons, of which the deceased has been Senior Warden for a number of years, conducting the funeral services. The Knights of Pythias and Woodmen of the World, both of which orders he was also a member, formed an honorary escort and accompanied the remains to their last resting place. Hundreds of friends and relatives were also in attendance at the funeral, a procession a half mile in length followed the hearse to the cemetery. Mr. Rogers was 47 years of age and is survived by his wife and six children, three sons and three daughters. His wife, previous to her marriage, was Miss Lucy Yawn. Mr. Rogers was a son of Mr. Jesse Rogers, who preceded him to the grave about five years ago. He was bom and reared in Dodge County, and has lived here all his life.
Mr. Rogers entered politics when quite a young man, his first race having been made for the office of tax collector about twenty-five years ago. In this race Mr. J. D. Taylor, our present clerk of the Superior court, was his opponent. On the face of the returns Mr. Rogers was elected by one vote. At the same time Hon. M. L. Burch was defeated for Ordinary by Judge Rozar, the majority being a very small one. Messrs. Burch and Taylor contested the election, which resulted in throwing out Rawlins district and giving the office of tax collector to Mr. Taylor. The result in the race for Ordinary was unchanged. In 1892 Mr. Rogers made a successful race for the office of Sheriff, since which time he has been successively re-elected, although often opposed in the political arena by strong men. In the last campaign his vote more than doubled that of his opponent.
During his incumbency of this office Mr. Rogers made a wide reputation as one of the finest sheriff's in the state. Though firm in the discharge of his duties, he was kind and generous to his prisoners, and the fact that, although he handled many reckless criminals, he never received a wound, is a monument to his courage, tact and discretion. As a citizen and an officer he will be sadly missed.
Sheriff Rogers carried life insurance in the sum of $2,000 in the National Union, and $750 in the Woodmen of the World. A short time before his death he began the erection of a nice residence on Sixth Avenue, which will be completed and occupied by his family within the near future.
And this:
JAMES CULLEN ROGERS.
To the Worshipful Master and Wardens of Eastman Lodge F. A. M.: Your Committee appointed to
prepare a memorial on the life and character of our lamented brother, James Cullen Rogers, beg leave to submit the following report:
Ever and anon the inexorable chronicle of the grave called some of the craft from labor to refreshment. In the development of his inscrutable providence, the Architect from above, at uncertain time, but with a certainty that knows no exception in the annals of time, promotes the faithful laborers of the terrestrial temple to that house not made with hands, eternal in the Heavens.
The journey of life is along the dark valley of the shadow of death, there is no spot upon it's pilgrimage where his presence is unknown. There is no family upon whose hearthstone his somber shadow does not fall.
There is always somewhere some eye that is weeping, some heart that is bleeding, some home whose light is extinguished and whose altars are draped in the testimonials of sorrow.
James Cullen Rogers was bom in what was then Pulaski County (now Dodge), September 20th, 1859.
He died in Eastman August 25th, 1907, leaving surviving him his widow and six children, three boys and three girls, His father was bom and reared in the same county. His grandfather, Cullen Rogers, was one of the earliest pioneer settlers who was descended from one of the best strains, the Scotch-Irish, and whose numerous progeny are living all around and about us. Our deceased brother married Miss Lucy Yaun, a member of another old and numerous family descended from one of the earliest settlers. These Dodge County families are all successful
farmers and have prestige and credit wherever known.
The subject of this sketch was elected Sheriff of Dodge County in 1892, and was commissioned on the first day of January, 1893, and continuously held this office until he died. He was considered one of the best Sheriffs in South Georgia, and in the discharge of his duty he performed many brave and arduous duties.
Our worthy Brother was made a Mason in Eastman Lodge on the 20th day of January, 1894, and very soon thereafter was elected and held the Office of Junior Warden, and also the Office of Senior Warden faithfully and efficiently. He believed in the principles and tenets of Masonry, brotherly love, relief and truth.
He was generous and charitable.
Peacefully he sleeps.
We shall know him no more forever.
During the many years of his residence among us Brother Rogers was the recipient of repeated favors from
the hands of the people.
It is said by the poet that:
"The best portions of a good man's life are his little unremembered acts of kindness and of love."
In one of those grand old legends of the Hebrews which the "Talmud" has brought down to the present age, it is said: that at the moment of the death of a good man there gather around him his deeds of charity and kindness transformed into ministering Angels, and the spirits of those departed who have been benefitted and comforted by his life and they bear aloft on luminous wings the freed spirit to the portals of the City Immortal.
Our Brother is dead, but he still lives in the hearts of his people. We commend his spirit to God.
We cherish his memory in our hearts, and yet we are taught to believe.
"There is no death, the stars go down
To rise upon some fairer shore,
And right in Heaven's Jeweled Crown
They shine forevermore."
There is no death, an Angel form walks
O'er the earth with silent tread,
He bears the beloved things away,
And then we call them dead."
And ever near, as though unseen
The dear immortal spirits tread
For all the boundless Universe is life,
There is no death."
All the meshes which have been woven around out Brother's daily life to bind him earthward are sundered, but only sundered to be re-woven we hope in a better country and where "The silver chord is never loosed, nor the golden bowl ever broken."
Wherefore, be it resolved that a page of our minutes be inscribed with his name with proper emblems, that this memorial be spread upon the minutes and published in the newspaper, and that his bereaved family be furnished with a copy, and that this Lodge wear the usual badge of mourning. J. F. DeLacy, Chairman, W. J. Williams,
J. C. Rawlins, Committee.—
~Eastman Times-Journal. 29 August 1907.
Eastman, Ga., August 25., -- J. C. Rogers, for sixteen years sheriff of this county, died this morning at 3 o'clock from a stroke of paralysis with which he was stricken Friday evening about 7 o'clock.
Sheriff rogers was probably the most popular man in his county and was regarded as one of the best sheriffs in the state. At the least election, when an opponent made a very hard fight against him on the ground of the long time her had held the office, he was re-elected by the largest majority he had ever received, leading the ticket over all other candidates.
As a testimony of the esteem in which he was held and to somewhat relieve the hardship of his family, it is believed that his son Sam Rogers, Jr., will be elected to fill the unexpired term.
See also the following:
DODGE'S BELOVED SHERIFF HAS PASSED AWAY
Mr. James Cullen Rogers, Prominent Citizen and Official, Died Sunday Morning, following Stroke of Paralysis.
On Sunday morning last, about 8 o'clock, that which was mortal put on immortality, and the spirit of James Cullen Rogers, for fourteen years the beloved sheriff of Dodge County, returned to its Creator.
This announcement was received with sadness wherever Mr. Rogers was known. It has been the lot of but few men to make and hold such universal friendships among his people as was held by this popular official, and a pang of sorrow was felt in every breast when it became known that this once strong man, yet at the age when his life should have been at the zenith of its prime, had fallen a victim to the Grim Reaper, at whose bidding all, whether rich or poor, weak or mighty, must lay down their earthly affairs, regardless of the stage of progress, and walk with Him through the dark valley into the arena of the new life seen to mortals only through the eye of faith.
Mr. Rogers had been in declining health more than a year, during which time he visited various health resorts and was under treatment of some of the leading physicians of the state. On Monday of last week he went to Bowden Lithia Springs in the hope of his condition being improved, but grew dissatisfied there and remained only a day or two, returning to his home in Eastman. Friday afternoon he drove out to his farm, about a mile from the city, to look after business matters there. Soon after his return he suffered a severe stroke of paralysis that affected his whole right side and rendered him unconscious. The end came peacefully Sunday morning, he having never regained consciousness.
The remains were interred in the Mullis Cemetery Monday afternoon, the Eastman Lodge of Masons, of which the deceased has been Senior Warden for a number of years, conducting the funeral services. The Knights of Pythias and Woodmen of the World, both of which orders he was also a member, formed an honorary escort and accompanied the remains to their last resting place. Hundreds of friends and relatives were also in attendance at the funeral, a procession a half mile in length followed the hearse to the cemetery. Mr. Rogers was 47 years of age and is survived by his wife and six children, three sons and three daughters. His wife, previous to her marriage, was Miss Lucy Yawn. Mr. Rogers was a son of Mr. Jesse Rogers, who preceded him to the grave about five years ago. He was bom and reared in Dodge County, and has lived here all his life.
Mr. Rogers entered politics when quite a young man, his first race having been made for the office of tax collector about twenty-five years ago. In this race Mr. J. D. Taylor, our present clerk of the Superior court, was his opponent. On the face of the returns Mr. Rogers was elected by one vote. At the same time Hon. M. L. Burch was defeated for Ordinary by Judge Rozar, the majority being a very small one. Messrs. Burch and Taylor contested the election, which resulted in throwing out Rawlins district and giving the office of tax collector to Mr. Taylor. The result in the race for Ordinary was unchanged. In 1892 Mr. Rogers made a successful race for the office of Sheriff, since which time he has been successively re-elected, although often opposed in the political arena by strong men. In the last campaign his vote more than doubled that of his opponent.
During his incumbency of this office Mr. Rogers made a wide reputation as one of the finest sheriff's in the state. Though firm in the discharge of his duties, he was kind and generous to his prisoners, and the fact that, although he handled many reckless criminals, he never received a wound, is a monument to his courage, tact and discretion. As a citizen and an officer he will be sadly missed.
Sheriff Rogers carried life insurance in the sum of $2,000 in the National Union, and $750 in the Woodmen of the World. A short time before his death he began the erection of a nice residence on Sixth Avenue, which will be completed and occupied by his family within the near future.
And this:
JAMES CULLEN ROGERS.
To the Worshipful Master and Wardens of Eastman Lodge F. A. M.: Your Committee appointed to
prepare a memorial on the life and character of our lamented brother, James Cullen Rogers, beg leave to submit the following report:
Ever and anon the inexorable chronicle of the grave called some of the craft from labor to refreshment. In the development of his inscrutable providence, the Architect from above, at uncertain time, but with a certainty that knows no exception in the annals of time, promotes the faithful laborers of the terrestrial temple to that house not made with hands, eternal in the Heavens.
The journey of life is along the dark valley of the shadow of death, there is no spot upon it's pilgrimage where his presence is unknown. There is no family upon whose hearthstone his somber shadow does not fall.
There is always somewhere some eye that is weeping, some heart that is bleeding, some home whose light is extinguished and whose altars are draped in the testimonials of sorrow.
James Cullen Rogers was bom in what was then Pulaski County (now Dodge), September 20th, 1859.
He died in Eastman August 25th, 1907, leaving surviving him his widow and six children, three boys and three girls, His father was bom and reared in the same county. His grandfather, Cullen Rogers, was one of the earliest pioneer settlers who was descended from one of the best strains, the Scotch-Irish, and whose numerous progeny are living all around and about us. Our deceased brother married Miss Lucy Yaun, a member of another old and numerous family descended from one of the earliest settlers. These Dodge County families are all successful
farmers and have prestige and credit wherever known.
The subject of this sketch was elected Sheriff of Dodge County in 1892, and was commissioned on the first day of January, 1893, and continuously held this office until he died. He was considered one of the best Sheriffs in South Georgia, and in the discharge of his duty he performed many brave and arduous duties.
Our worthy Brother was made a Mason in Eastman Lodge on the 20th day of January, 1894, and very soon thereafter was elected and held the Office of Junior Warden, and also the Office of Senior Warden faithfully and efficiently. He believed in the principles and tenets of Masonry, brotherly love, relief and truth.
He was generous and charitable.
Peacefully he sleeps.
We shall know him no more forever.
During the many years of his residence among us Brother Rogers was the recipient of repeated favors from
the hands of the people.
It is said by the poet that:
"The best portions of a good man's life are his little unremembered acts of kindness and of love."
In one of those grand old legends of the Hebrews which the "Talmud" has brought down to the present age, it is said: that at the moment of the death of a good man there gather around him his deeds of charity and kindness transformed into ministering Angels, and the spirits of those departed who have been benefitted and comforted by his life and they bear aloft on luminous wings the freed spirit to the portals of the City Immortal.
Our Brother is dead, but he still lives in the hearts of his people. We commend his spirit to God.
We cherish his memory in our hearts, and yet we are taught to believe.
"There is no death, the stars go down
To rise upon some fairer shore,
And right in Heaven's Jeweled Crown
They shine forevermore."
There is no death, an Angel form walks
O'er the earth with silent tread,
He bears the beloved things away,
And then we call them dead."
And ever near, as though unseen
The dear immortal spirits tread
For all the boundless Universe is life,
There is no death."
All the meshes which have been woven around out Brother's daily life to bind him earthward are sundered, but only sundered to be re-woven we hope in a better country and where "The silver chord is never loosed, nor the golden bowl ever broken."
Wherefore, be it resolved that a page of our minutes be inscribed with his name with proper emblems, that this memorial be spread upon the minutes and published in the newspaper, and that his bereaved family be furnished with a copy, and that this Lodge wear the usual badge of mourning. J. F. DeLacy, Chairman, W. J. Williams,
J. C. Rawlins, Committee.—
~Eastman Times-Journal. 29 August 1907.
DEATH CALLS SHERIF ROGERS
Eastman, Ga., August 25., -- J. C. Rogers, for sixteen years sheriff of this county, died this morning at 3 o'clock from a stroke of paralysis with which he was stricken Friday evening about 7 o'clock.
Sheriff rogers was probably the most popular man in his county and was regarded as one of the best sheriffs in the state. At the least election, when an opponent made a very hard fight against him on the ground of the long time her had held the office, he was re-elected by the largest majority he had ever received, leading the ticket over all other candidates.
As a testimony of the esteem in which he was held and to somewhat relieve the hardship of his family, it is believed that his son Sam Rogers, Jr., will be elected to fill the unexpired term.
See also the following:
DODGE'S BELOVED SHERIFF HAS PASSED AWAY
Mr. James Cullen Rogers, Prominent Citizen and Official, Died Sunday Morning, following Stroke of Paralysis.
On Sunday morning last, about 8 o'clock, that which was mortal put on immortality, and the spirit of James Cullen Rogers, for fourteen years the beloved sheriff of Dodge County, returned to its Creator.
This announcement was received with sadness wherever Mr. Rogers was known. It has been the lot of but few men to make and hold such universal friendships among his people as was held by this popular official, and a pang of sorrow was felt in every breast when it became known that this once strong man, yet at the age when his life should have been at the zenith of its prime, had fallen a victim to the Grim Reaper, at whose bidding all, whether rich or poor, weak or mighty, must lay down their earthly affairs, regardless of the stage of progress, and walk with Him through the dark valley into the arena of the new life seen to mortals only through the eye of faith.
Mr. Rogers had been in declining health more than a year, during which time he visited various health resorts and was under treatment of some of the leading physicians of the state. On Monday of last week he went to Bowden Lithia Springs in the hope of his condition being improved, but grew dissatisfied there and remained only a day or two, returning to his home in Eastman. Friday afternoon he drove out to his farm, about a mile from the city, to look after business matters there. Soon after his return he suffered a severe stroke of paralysis that affected his whole right side and rendered him unconscious. The end came peacefully Sunday morning, he having never regained consciousness.
The remains were interred in the Mullis Cemetery Monday afternoon, the Eastman Lodge of Masons, of which the deceased has been Senior Warden for a number of years, conducting the funeral services. The Knights of Pythias and Woodmen of the World, both of which orders he was also a member, formed an honorary escort and accompanied the remains to their last resting place. Hundreds of friends and relatives were also in attendance at the funeral, a procession a half mile in length followed the hearse to the cemetery. Mr. Rogers was 47 years of age and is survived by his wife and six children, three sons and three daughters. His wife, previous to her marriage, was Miss Lucy Yawn. Mr. Rogers was a son of Mr. Jesse Rogers, who preceded him to the grave about five years ago. He was bom and reared in Dodge County, and has lived here all his life.
Mr. Rogers entered politics when quite a young man, his first race having been made for the office of tax collector about twenty-five years ago. In this race Mr. J. D. Taylor, our present clerk of the Superior court, was his opponent. On the face of the returns Mr. Rogers was elected by one vote. At the same time Hon. M. L. Burch was defeated for Ordinary by Judge Rozar, the majority being a very small one. Messrs. Burch and Taylor contested the election, which resulted in throwing out Rawlins district and giving the office of tax collector to Mr. Taylor. The result in the race for Ordinary was unchanged. In 1892 Mr. Rogers made a successful race for the office of Sheriff, since which time he has been successively re-elected, although often opposed in the political arena by strong men. In the last campaign his vote more than doubled that of his opponent.
During his incumbency of this office Mr. Rogers made a wide reputation as one of the finest sheriff's in the state. Though firm in the discharge of his duties, he was kind and generous to his prisoners, and the fact that, although he handled many reckless criminals, he never received a wound, is a monument to his courage, tact and discretion. As a citizen and an officer he will be sadly missed.
Sheriff Rogers carried life insurance in the sum of $2,000 in the National Union, and $750 in the Woodmen of the World. A short time before his death he began the erection of a nice residence on Sixth Avenue, which will be completed and occupied by his family within the near future.
And this:
JAMES CULLEN ROGERS.
To the Worshipful Master and Wardens of Eastman Lodge F. A. M.: Your Committee appointed to
prepare a memorial on the life and character of our lamented brother, James Cullen Rogers, beg leave to submit the following report:
Ever and anon the inexorable chronicle of the grave called some of the craft from labor to refreshment. In the development of his inscrutable providence, the Architect from above, at uncertain time, but with a certainty that knows no exception in the annals of time, promotes the faithful laborers of the terrestrial temple to that house not made with hands, eternal in the Heavens.
The journey of life is along the dark valley of the shadow of death, there is no spot upon it's pilgrimage where his presence is unknown. There is no family upon whose hearthstone his somber shadow does not fall.
There is always somewhere some eye that is weeping, some heart that is bleeding, some home whose light is extinguished and whose altars are draped in the testimonials of sorrow.
James Cullen Rogers was bom in what was then Pulaski County (now Dodge), September 20th, 1859.
He died in Eastman August 25th, 1907, leaving surviving him his widow and six children, three boys and three girls, His father was bom and reared in the same county. His grandfather, Cullen Rogers, was one of the earliest pioneer settlers who was descended from one of the best strains, the Scotch-Irish, and whose numerous progeny are living all around and about us. Our deceased brother married Miss Lucy Yaun, a member of another old and numerous family descended from one of the earliest settlers. These Dodge County families are all successful
farmers and have prestige and credit wherever known.
The subject of this sketch was elected Sheriff of Dodge County in 1892, and was commissioned on the first day of January, 1893, and continuously held this office until he died. He was considered one of the best Sheriffs in South Georgia, and in the discharge of his duty he performed many brave and arduous duties.
Our worthy Brother was made a Mason in Eastman Lodge on the 20th day of January, 1894, and very soon thereafter was elected and held the Office of Junior Warden, and also the Office of Senior Warden faithfully and efficiently. He believed in the principles and tenets of Masonry, brotherly love, relief and truth.
He was generous and charitable.
Peacefully he sleeps.
We shall know him no more forever.
During the many years of his residence among us Brother Rogers was the recipient of repeated favors from
the hands of the people.
It is said by the poet that:
"The best portions of a good man's life are his little unremembered acts of kindness and of love."
In one of those grand old legends of the Hebrews which the "Talmud" has brought down to the present age, it is said: that at the moment of the death of a good man there gather around him his deeds of charity and kindness transformed into ministering Angels, and the spirits of those departed who have been benefitted and comforted by his life and they bear aloft on luminous wings the freed spirit to the portals of the City Immortal.
Our Brother is dead, but he still lives in the hearts of his people. We commend his spirit to God.
We cherish his memory in our hearts, and yet we are taught to believe.
"There is no death, the stars go down
To rise upon some fairer shore,
And right in Heaven's Jeweled Crown
They shine forevermore."
There is no death, an Angel form walks
O'er the earth with silent tread,
He bears the beloved things away,
And then we call them dead."
And ever near, as though unseen
The dear immortal spirits tread
For all the boundless Universe is life,
There is no death."
All the meshes which have been woven around out Brother's daily life to bind him earthward are sundered, but only sundered to be re-woven we hope in a better country and where "The silver chord is never loosed, nor the golden bowl ever broken."
Wherefore, be it resolved that a page of our minutes be inscribed with his name with proper emblems, that this memorial be spread upon the minutes and published in the newspaper, and that his bereaved family be furnished with a copy, and that this Lodge wear the usual badge of mourning. J. F. DeLacy, Chairman, W. J. Williams,
J. C. Rawlins, Committee.—
~Eastman Times-Journal. 29 August 1907.
Eastman, Ga., August 25., -- J. C. Rogers, for sixteen years sheriff of this county, died this morning at 3 o'clock from a stroke of paralysis with which he was stricken Friday evening about 7 o'clock.
Sheriff rogers was probably the most popular man in his county and was regarded as one of the best sheriffs in the state. At the least election, when an opponent made a very hard fight against him on the ground of the long time her had held the office, he was re-elected by the largest majority he had ever received, leading the ticket over all other candidates.
As a testimony of the esteem in which he was held and to somewhat relieve the hardship of his family, it is believed that his son Sam Rogers, Jr., will be elected to fill the unexpired term.
See also the following:
DODGE'S BELOVED SHERIFF HAS PASSED AWAY
Mr. James Cullen Rogers, Prominent Citizen and Official, Died Sunday Morning, following Stroke of Paralysis.
On Sunday morning last, about 8 o'clock, that which was mortal put on immortality, and the spirit of James Cullen Rogers, for fourteen years the beloved sheriff of Dodge County, returned to its Creator.
This announcement was received with sadness wherever Mr. Rogers was known. It has been the lot of but few men to make and hold such universal friendships among his people as was held by this popular official, and a pang of sorrow was felt in every breast when it became known that this once strong man, yet at the age when his life should have been at the zenith of its prime, had fallen a victim to the Grim Reaper, at whose bidding all, whether rich or poor, weak or mighty, must lay down their earthly affairs, regardless of the stage of progress, and walk with Him through the dark valley into the arena of the new life seen to mortals only through the eye of faith.
Mr. Rogers had been in declining health more than a year, during which time he visited various health resorts and was under treatment of some of the leading physicians of the state. On Monday of last week he went to Bowden Lithia Springs in the hope of his condition being improved, but grew dissatisfied there and remained only a day or two, returning to his home in Eastman. Friday afternoon he drove out to his farm, about a mile from the city, to look after business matters there. Soon after his return he suffered a severe stroke of paralysis that affected his whole right side and rendered him unconscious. The end came peacefully Sunday morning, he having never regained consciousness.
The remains were interred in the Mullis Cemetery Monday afternoon, the Eastman Lodge of Masons, of which the deceased has been Senior Warden for a number of years, conducting the funeral services. The Knights of Pythias and Woodmen of the World, both of which orders he was also a member, formed an honorary escort and accompanied the remains to their last resting place. Hundreds of friends and relatives were also in attendance at the funeral, a procession a half mile in length followed the hearse to the cemetery. Mr. Rogers was 47 years of age and is survived by his wife and six children, three sons and three daughters. His wife, previous to her marriage, was Miss Lucy Yawn. Mr. Rogers was a son of Mr. Jesse Rogers, who preceded him to the grave about five years ago. He was bom and reared in Dodge County, and has lived here all his life.
Mr. Rogers entered politics when quite a young man, his first race having been made for the office of tax collector about twenty-five years ago. In this race Mr. J. D. Taylor, our present clerk of the Superior court, was his opponent. On the face of the returns Mr. Rogers was elected by one vote. At the same time Hon. M. L. Burch was defeated for Ordinary by Judge Rozar, the majority being a very small one. Messrs. Burch and Taylor contested the election, which resulted in throwing out Rawlins district and giving the office of tax collector to Mr. Taylor. The result in the race for Ordinary was unchanged. In 1892 Mr. Rogers made a successful race for the office of Sheriff, since which time he has been successively re-elected, although often opposed in the political arena by strong men. In the last campaign his vote more than doubled that of his opponent.
During his incumbency of this office Mr. Rogers made a wide reputation as one of the finest sheriff's in the state. Though firm in the discharge of his duties, he was kind and generous to his prisoners, and the fact that, although he handled many reckless criminals, he never received a wound, is a monument to his courage, tact and discretion. As a citizen and an officer he will be sadly missed.
Sheriff Rogers carried life insurance in the sum of $2,000 in the National Union, and $750 in the Woodmen of the World. A short time before his death he began the erection of a nice residence on Sixth Avenue, which will be completed and occupied by his family within the near future.
And this:
JAMES CULLEN ROGERS.
To the Worshipful Master and Wardens of Eastman Lodge F. A. M.: Your Committee appointed to
prepare a memorial on the life and character of our lamented brother, James Cullen Rogers, beg leave to submit the following report:
Ever and anon the inexorable chronicle of the grave called some of the craft from labor to refreshment. In the development of his inscrutable providence, the Architect from above, at uncertain time, but with a certainty that knows no exception in the annals of time, promotes the faithful laborers of the terrestrial temple to that house not made with hands, eternal in the Heavens.
The journey of life is along the dark valley of the shadow of death, there is no spot upon it's pilgrimage where his presence is unknown. There is no family upon whose hearthstone his somber shadow does not fall.
There is always somewhere some eye that is weeping, some heart that is bleeding, some home whose light is extinguished and whose altars are draped in the testimonials of sorrow.
James Cullen Rogers was bom in what was then Pulaski County (now Dodge), September 20th, 1859.
He died in Eastman August 25th, 1907, leaving surviving him his widow and six children, three boys and three girls, His father was bom and reared in the same county. His grandfather, Cullen Rogers, was one of the earliest pioneer settlers who was descended from one of the best strains, the Scotch-Irish, and whose numerous progeny are living all around and about us. Our deceased brother married Miss Lucy Yaun, a member of another old and numerous family descended from one of the earliest settlers. These Dodge County families are all successful
farmers and have prestige and credit wherever known.
The subject of this sketch was elected Sheriff of Dodge County in 1892, and was commissioned on the first day of January, 1893, and continuously held this office until he died. He was considered one of the best Sheriffs in South Georgia, and in the discharge of his duty he performed many brave and arduous duties.
Our worthy Brother was made a Mason in Eastman Lodge on the 20th day of January, 1894, and very soon thereafter was elected and held the Office of Junior Warden, and also the Office of Senior Warden faithfully and efficiently. He believed in the principles and tenets of Masonry, brotherly love, relief and truth.
He was generous and charitable.
Peacefully he sleeps.
We shall know him no more forever.
During the many years of his residence among us Brother Rogers was the recipient of repeated favors from
the hands of the people.
It is said by the poet that:
"The best portions of a good man's life are his little unremembered acts of kindness and of love."
In one of those grand old legends of the Hebrews which the "Talmud" has brought down to the present age, it is said: that at the moment of the death of a good man there gather around him his deeds of charity and kindness transformed into ministering Angels, and the spirits of those departed who have been benefitted and comforted by his life and they bear aloft on luminous wings the freed spirit to the portals of the City Immortal.
Our Brother is dead, but he still lives in the hearts of his people. We commend his spirit to God.
We cherish his memory in our hearts, and yet we are taught to believe.
"There is no death, the stars go down
To rise upon some fairer shore,
And right in Heaven's Jeweled Crown
They shine forevermore."
There is no death, an Angel form walks
O'er the earth with silent tread,
He bears the beloved things away,
And then we call them dead."
And ever near, as though unseen
The dear immortal spirits tread
For all the boundless Universe is life,
There is no death."
All the meshes which have been woven around out Brother's daily life to bind him earthward are sundered, but only sundered to be re-woven we hope in a better country and where "The silver chord is never loosed, nor the golden bowl ever broken."
Wherefore, be it resolved that a page of our minutes be inscribed with his name with proper emblems, that this memorial be spread upon the minutes and published in the newspaper, and that his bereaved family be furnished with a copy, and that this Lodge wear the usual badge of mourning. J. F. DeLacy, Chairman, W. J. Williams,
J. C. Rawlins, Committee.—
~Eastman Times-Journal. 29 August 1907.
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