Curtis Funeral Home
Roanoke, VA:
Obituary for Harry Westley (Wes) Rogers, Jr. at Hamlar-Curtis Funeral Home
Harry Westley Wes Rogers, Jr., 73, of Roanoke, Va., departed this life on Tuesday, October 2, 2018. He was the beloved son of the late Harry W. Rogers, Sr. and Mable Jean DuPree Rogers. He is the father of Tiaunee Broadway and Sean Robinson also survived by several grandchildren sisters,
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