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Horace E. Rogers Jr. passed away on the morning of June 3, 2025

Posted on Tuesday, June 10, 2025 at 10:29 am

Horace E. Rogers Jr. passed away on the morning of June 3, 2025

peacefully in his sleep with his loving wife of 54 years, Linda, by his side

He was born April 22, 1933 in Shelbyville, TN.  He attended Shelbyville

Central High School where he graduated in 1951.  He married his loving

wife Linda on December 25, 1970.

   Horace worked at Cleveland Pneumatic for 33 years.  He was an avid

hunter, fisherman and gardener.  Horace had lots of dogs which he loved

each and everyone of them.

    He is preceded in death by his parents, Horace E. Rogers Sr. and

Mary Helen Reid Rogers.

    Left to cherish his memory is his loving wife Linda; sister, Mary Powell

(W.A. Curtis), his sister-in-law, Barbara Perry (Jessie), brother-in-law,

Sherman Munds and many nieces and nephews who loved him dearly.

    Funeral Services will be held 2:00 P.M. Saturday, June 7th, at

Hillcrest Funeral Home Pastor Yram Lopez officiating.  Burial will follow

at Willow Mount Cemetery.  Visitation will begin at 12:00 P.M.

    Honoring Horace as pallbearers will be his family and friends,

Greg Perry, Tony Reavis, Pruitt Marshall, W.A. Curtis, Jackie Crosslin

and Joe Milligan.  Serving as honorary pallbearers will be Ken Lowery and

Bruce Snell.