Charles “Jim” Rogers, age 79 years, a resident of Parsons, WV, passed away from this life Friday morning, May 16, 2025, at 4:26 AM.
He was born Wednesday, September 5, 1945, at Webster Springs, WV, a son of the late Roy and Della Keener Rogers. On April 26, 1965, he married Delcina “Ann” Barnett who survives and had celebrated sixty years of marriage.
Left to cherish Jim’s memory are two sons, Ed Rogers and wife Debi and Ronnie Rogers; two granddaughters, Brittany Brown and husband Ryan and Cassie Hill and husband Brett; three great grandkids, Bailey Brown, Waylon Brown and Grantley Hill; many special nieces and nephews and family friend Robert Hunt and family.
He is the last surviving member of his immediate family having been preceded in death by his parents; five brothers, Tom, Joe, John, Bill, and Marvin Rogers; four sisters, Wanda Cogar, Betty Linville, Letha Ware, and Karen Bush.
He attended Webster County Schools. He was a United States Army Veteran during the Vietnam War, where he was stationed at Nike Hercules Missile Base in Germany. After the military he worked on a dairy farm while living in Arizona, then returned to West Virginia and drove truck for several years before going to work in the coal mines in Fayette County. He retired from Armstrong Paving. He was an avid hunter and loved to trout fish on the Dry Fork River and spending time at his camp in Limestone. He was a member of the Pythagoras Lodge #128 A.F. & A. M of Parsons, Parsons Chapter #91, Order of the Eastern Star, Scottish Rite of Charleston, Beni Kedem Shrine of Charleston, Tygart Valley Shrine Club, a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Disabled Veterans of America. He was a member of the Issaac Walton League and served as president for several years. He attended the First United Methodist Church in Parsons. Jim loved his family and his grandchildren dearly. He will be missed by all who knew him.
The family will receive friends at the Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Parsons, WV on Thursday from 4 PM to 6 PM. Final rites will be conducted at the funeral home on Friday, May 23, 2025, at 11 AM. The Reverend Julie Davis and The Reverend James Snyder will officiate and interment will follow at the Parsons City Cemetery at Parsons, WV, where the WV Army Honor Guard, the Tygart Valley Post #3647 Veterans of Foreign War and the Tucker County Veterans Assoc. will conduct Full military honors. The Pythagoras Lodge #128 A.F. & A.M. will conduct ritualistic rites. The Lohr & Barb Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements for Charles “Jim” Rogers. Condolences may be expressed to the family at; www.lohrbarbfuneralhome.com.
