Dorothy "Dottie" Rae Jones Rogers' Obituary
Dorothy “Dottie” Rae Jones Rogers died peacefully at her home in Dallas on December 15, 2018 at the age of 100. She was born on June 27, 1918 in Dallas. Dottie is predeceased by her father Claude T Jones, her mother, Eudella Moore Jones, her sister Lorayne Jones, and her husband Homer Francis Rogers. She is survived by her six children, Terry Rogers, Patty Tuck, Kathy Dennis and Jerry, Greg Rogers and Barbara, Lisa Rogers and Maurine McLean, Mimi Rogers, her twelve grandchildren, and eighteen great-grandchildren.Dottie is perfectly described in this poem written by her daughter Patty: Mama was standing on her head in the living room When the new Roman priest came to call.She delivered bulldog pups When Daddy was out of town.She killed scorpions with aplomb And drove across the country Whenever she could persuade Someone to go with her.She was never bored And told us boredom was a sin So we tried to keep busy,But we could never keep up.At fifty she went to college, Took honors And left for Mexico To see what she’d been learningClimbed pyramids by moonlight And flew in small planes To inaccessible parts of the jungle.She did politics, Then road rallies And needlepoint (but only of Mayan glyphs).She hated cooking. Loved reading.Now she dances In grace and courage Through all our lives, As she always has,And we still can’t keep up.She will dance in Heaven And Daddy will swing her awayWhile the mariachis play a Mexican waltz The family has immense gratitude for the caregivers who showered Dottie with untiring devotion and love during the last years of her life.The funeral mass is scheduled for noon on Wednesday, December 19 at St Francis Anglican Church, 3838 Walnut Hill Lane, Dallas, TX 75229.
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