David Anthony Rogers, 43, of Greenville passed away May 15, 2011 at his residence. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home Chapel with Randy Daw and Frank Morgan officiating. Visitation will be from 1 PM until service time Wednesday at the funeral home.
Born September 12, 1967, in Greenville, David was the son of David Alton and Diane (Jones) Rogers. David formerly served as the minister of Battle Ax Church of Christ. He was a member of Johnson Street Church of Christ.
David began a journey with Christ in 1987, beginning a ministry at Camp Deer Run as a youth minister. David went on to serve the Winnsboro Church of Christ as youth minister. Having a dream in missions ministry, David went on to study the Bible full time for two years at the Brown Trail School of Preaching in Ft. Worth. After graduation, David served the Hillcrest Church of Christ in Stephenville as associate minister in education and youth. While serving in Stephenville, David went on a soul saving campaign to the former Soviet Union in Russia and Ukraine. The mission trip changed David; after this trip he had a heart for missions with a new vision for mission work.
David moved to Memphis, Tennessee and attended a mission program training school. Upon completion of this school, David and veteran missionary, Joe Cannon, started the Minsk Bible Training College in Minsk, Belarus. The Mission 1000 was under the oversight of the Hilind St. Church of Christ in Memphis, Tenn. David went on to work with Joe Cannon for 2 1/2 years in Okinawa, Japan and Papua, New Guinea. David and Joe served together not only in Belarus and Japan, but also in Ukraine, Poland, E. Germany, and the Chez Republic.
David loved his friends and family very much. He had a passion for helping others.
Survivors are his mother, Diane Glasscock of Greenville; sister Lisa Lokey and husband, Ray of Princeton and niece, Ashley Garcia of Greenville; and several aunts, uncles and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his father in 1987, nephew Adam Garcia in 2007, and grandparents Clifford and Orpha Jones and Alton and Helen Rogers.
Honorary pallbearers will be R. C. Ottwell, Steve Pryce, Wayne Wallace, Farrell Nalls, and Erwin Daugherty.
