James Douglas Rogers, 78 of Brownwood passed away on Friday, February 5, 2021. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, February 9
th at 10 am in the Heartland Funeral Home Chapel in Early. Interment to follow at Alameda Cemetery in Eastland County, TX at 1:30 pm.
Doug was born Wednesday, April 8, 1942 at Ranger General Hospital to J D Rogers and Naomi Weekes. He attended and graduated from Ranger High School in 1960 and went on to attend Texas Tech until he was drafted into the United States Navy.
Doug married Sharon Brown on July 4, 1970 at Mesquite & Rusk Church of Christ and began a life together that blessed them with 3 children. Doug coached his oldest son’s baseball team and then he coached the U10 soccer team with his oldest son again. He did not know anything about the game in the beginning. Morris Horton and Doug took this team to the Championship game in Dallas and won. Doug loved watching his own kids in their sporting events like basketball, baseball, gymnastics, football, track, and cheerleading. Work would sometimes interfere. When he retired, he tried hard not to miss any of his grandchildren’s activities. That was the delight in his retirement life. He loved his grands immensely.