The Extended Family

Meet the rest of us...

Below, you'll get to meet the extended family.  The clans are from both sides of the family; my parents, Debbie's parents, and the families of our siblings.  They're nice folks... get to know them here. 

Hello.  We're John and Doris Martel.  We're Debbie's parents.  We live in the north east Florida area.  We are now retired and enjoying the good life.

Granny and Papa Rogers

(Dorothy) Marie Bussey Rogers April 23, 1928 - January 11, 2004

Sankey Cecil Rogers III May 07, 1933 - November 25, 2007

Hi there, we're Cecil & Marie Rogers.  We're Sam's parents.  We lived in the south east Georgia area (Reidsville, actually) until we both passed away.  We were married in June, 1958, and had 45 wonderful years together.  During our golden years, we spent time travelling for our research efforts in genealogy, and in Reidsville, in the restoration efforts of a couple of our local historical treasures, and Tattnall County area history.  Specifically, we were involved in the restoration of the Alexander Hotel.  The Alexander Hotel (c.1892) is listed as NHRP #82002481 on the National Register of Historic Places.  It was built by D.J. Nobles, almost certainly a distant relative.
© S.C. Rogers We also did a lot of the volunteer restoration work on the Old Shiloh Cemetery, The Old Shiloh Cemetery (c.1810) has both Revolutionary and Civil War soldiers buried in it.  It too has a historical marker from the Georgia Historical Society, and is listed at the Carl Vinson Institute.  For more information, see the Glennville Sentinel article "Hallowed Ground, Old Shiloh Cemetery." 
© S.C. Rogers the original cemetery for the Shiloh Methodist Church (c.1810).  And, although we weren't physically able to work on it by the time the effort was begun, we watched the with great anticipation, the restoration of the old Tattnall County Courthouse, The Tattnall County Courthouse (ca.1902) as it was originally built.  The historical marker can be seen at the Georgia Info website.  More about Tattnall County can be seen at the New Georgia Encyclopedia website. 
© unknown (c.1902). 

Unfortunately, I didn't get a single picture of family or friends at Dad's funeral, but family members can e-mail me here and I'll send you the link to the pictures of Mom's.

Hiya.  We're Larry and Marsha Rogers.  We're Sam's brother and sister-in-law.  This is our family... Our daughter and son, Candi and Jason, and our other son, Wayne.  Candi and Jason have married since this photo, and sorry to say, we don't have pics of their spouses yet.  We're beginning to think Wayne may wind up an old maid.  We live up in the north Georgia area.

I'm guessing Larry doesn't check this page too often, and he'd probably kill me if he new I posted this stuff, but... If any of you remember the cotton mill fire in Atlanta back in 1999, here's a few stories about the guys that rescued that man from the top of the crane.  Larry was one of them.  A few of the stories are: one from CNN and a CNN follow-up, a Georgia Senate Resolution Ga SR-492, a write-up in Ga Statment, and a really nice write-up by Jack Warner.

A quick side note... Larry is finally back after serving our country in the middle east for two years.  For a quick glance at some real life heroes, click here.  Larry is on the extreme right of the photo. Also, Sheila Cottrell, Marsha's sister, is a well known and wonderful artist.  Her work can be seen at www.sheilacottrell.com.

Howdy.  I'm Dan, Debbie's brother, and this is my family...  Alexis, Addison, Asher, and of course, my wife Cynthia.  We live over in Oklahoma.

Hi.  I'm Leslie, Debbie's sister, and this is my family...  Tyler, Hunter, and my husband, John.  We also live in the north east Florida area.