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- 2004| Name | John Edward ROGERSON [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8] | |
| Suffix | Jr. | |
| Gender | Male | |
| HIST | of Sumter, South Carolina JOHN E. ROGERSON Jr. Share Posted: Thursday, May 27, 2004 12:00 am | Updated: 4:05 pm, Thu Feb 25, 2010. John Edward Rogerson Jr., 87, husband of Ellen Segars Rogerson, died Tuesday, May 25, 2004, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born in Georgetown County, he was a son of the late John E. Rogerson Jr. and the late Lester "Lessie" Porter Rogerson. Mr. Rogerson was a member of Bible Fellowship Church. He was former owner of Rogerson's Front End Service for 25 years. He was a 1934 graduate of Boys High School in Sumter. He was well known for his sense of humor. Surviving are his wife of Sumter; a daughter, Celeste Carraway and husband, Warren, of Sumter; three sons, John E. Rogerson III of Asheville, N.C., Burrell S. Rogerson and wife, Jean, and Joseph B. "Joey" Rogerson and wife, Kathy, all of Sumter; a foster son, Joe Grant and wife, Donna, of Clover; a brother, Daniel DuRant "D.D." Rogerson and wife, Virginia, of Florence; 10 grandchildren, Frankie Carraway and wife, Leigh, of Sumter, Eddie Carraway and wife, Wanda, of Sumter, Teresa J. Rogerson of California, Carmen R. Anderson and husband, Joe, of North Carolina, Buddy Rogerson and wife, Jennifer, Jennifer Rowell and husband, Michael, Lindsay Rogerson, Dane Griffin, Ben Rogerson and Evan Rogerson, all of Sumter; and four great-grandchildren, Tanner Carraway, Addison Carraway, Kendal Carraway and Luke Anderson. He was preceded in death by two sisters, Claire R. Doby and Carolyn Rogerson. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Bible Fellowship Church with the Rev. Jack Whitehead officiating. Burial will be in Sumter Cemetery. Pallbearers will be grandsons, Frankie Carraway, Eddie Carraway, Buddy Rogerson, Michael Rowell, Ben Rogerson and Evan Rogerson. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Men's Bible Class. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and other times at the home, 138 Horseshoe Cove. Memorials may be made to the Renovation Fund of Bible Fellowship Church, 227 Broad St., Sumter, SC 29150 or to a charity of one's choice. Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals.com. Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and Crematory is in charge of the arrangements. Posted in Obits on Thursday, May 27, 2004 Rogerson's keeps Sumter cars running straight JIM HILLEY / THE SUMTER ITEM Joey and Burrell Rogerson have been doing alignments and front-end work in the shop on Broad Street for decades. John Ed Rogerson opened the shop in 1954, and his two sons now run it. Posted Saturday, April 9, 2016 6:00 am BY JIM HILLEY JIM@THEITEM.COM When John Ed Rogerson opened his auto repair shop in 1954, it probably was not unusual for customers to bring in DeSotos, Hudsons, Nashes and Packards. A lot has happened in the auto industry since then, but Rogerson's Front End Service, 832 Broad St., is still in business, now run by the original owner's two sons: Burrell and Joey Rogerson. John Ed Rogerson retired in 1979, but he passed on his knowledge and skill to his boys. "We started working when we were in elementary school," Joey Rogerson said. Burrell Rogerson said his father moved to Sumter from Georgetown County in 1928. The current building was built in 1980 on the same location as the first shop, he said. "Wise Drive was not paved and didn't go past a few houses," he said. Burrell Rogerson said his dad did brake and front-end work, and that is what they have specialized in through the business' 62 years. "We don't try to do it all," he said. He said the secret to staying in business all of those years is treating customers right. "Daddy has a saying that kind of stuck with me," he said. "'If you get too busy, and you don't do it right, how are you going to find the time to do it again?'" He said a lot of their business is return customers, but they also depend on working for other businesses. "It's not something you do every few months, like an oil change, so a lot of our work is for body shops and dealers. Cars get into wrecks and stuff and need alignment work." Burrell Rogerson said he was born and raised in Sumter, attended Edmunds High School and received a bachelor's degree in management from Clemson University. "Just the fact that you had to apply yourself and get a degree is worth it," he said. Joey Rogerson said he worked at the Westinghouse plant in Sumter for a few years before coming back to the family business. Across the street from Rogerson's Front End is Robertson Auto Service. Do people get the two confused? "We don't, but other people do," Burrell Rogerson said, laughing. He said the shop across the street does general repair and not alignments and front ends. "We only overlap in brakes," he said. "We have had a good relationship; sometimes they send us work, and sometimes we send them work." Burrell Rogerson said he will be 65 in few months and will consider retiring in a year or two. When he and his brother hang up the wrenches, Burrell Rogerson said, there isn't another generation waiting in the wings to take over. Burrell said Joey has a son, but his brother discouraged him from following in their footsteps. "He threatened him if he ever picked up a wrench," he said. "It's hard work." Everything has to be done using computers on the newer vehicles, Burrell Rogerson said. "They are trying to get the computers to do all the thinking and the people to do all the work," Burrell Rogerson said. Rogerson's Front End is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and open from 8 a.m. to noon on Fridays. For more information, call (803) 773-3840. 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| _UID | 1DBBF12733934532BCC7E5623434FC50AB64 | |
| Death | 25 May 2004 [3] | |
| Person ID | I163205 | Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified | 6 Apr 2025 | |
| Father | John Edward ROGERSON, Sr. d. Bef 9 Jan 2018 | |
| Mother | Lester “Lessie” PORTER d. Bef 9 Jan 2018 | |
| _UID | 214445836B2244A39E3E8955B46D28B054EE | |
| _UID | 214445836B2244A39E3E8955B46D28B054EE | |
| Family ID | F116220 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family | Ellen SEGARS, b. 1920, Lee County, South Carolina  d. 17 Aug 2010, Tuomey Regional Medical Center, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 90 years) | |||||||||||
| _UID | 022F2DBD58C44ECABE63A3909F9CB650E4F5 | |||||||||||
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| Family ID | F111212 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||||||||||
| Last Modified | 7 Dec 2016 | |||||||||||
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