Joeseph Randell Rogers

miss you

well grandad finally we got photos of you on here i just think its just as i remember you not that i could ever forget you since every time i look at my dad and uncle gary its like looking at you cant believe it sometimes no-one could mistake you 3 as father and sons my dad tina and gary were so proud to say thats my dad and im so very proud to say thats my grandad and even though you didnt get the chance to meet my daughter shannon she still asks about photos and our memories to which i was lucky enough to have just wish i'd had more time with you and wish i'd had extra memories love always grandad i just feel like crying looking at these photos but you were taken from me but my memories can never be taken away. sleep tight love you loads xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Nikki (Granddaughter) October 11, 2007

I remember

I never know him as Mick, he was always Uncle Randall to me. The youngest in the Rogers family, he always seemed to up to some kind of mischief when I visited. I don't know whether that was the reason I admired him, but he certainly was what the youth of today would call 'cool'.
All I knew was that he worked in the shipyards, and one day he presented me with, what seemed to me, the biggest model of a steel hulled sail boat I had ever seen.
The hull was made from tin plate with a solid lead keel weight. The mast and sail were huge.
I sailed it several times on Paddy Freeman's pond, it needed some work to trim it properly, but I was so proud of the boat, and I thought Uncle Randall the best uncle ever.

I wish I still had that boat, as I wish that we all could keep the ones we love. But unlike that little ship, our voyages have a purpose, and when we fill that purpose, our voyage is done. We pass the charts to the next generation so that they may continue what was started so long ago.

Ray (Nephew) October 10, 2007

uncle mick

hello uncle mick its so lovely to be able to talk i was only a little girl when u left us all but i can remember you , i always thought you and grandad potts were twins with your long cream mac s coats on , i always remember the day i was told you had left us , i was walking to the shops it was dark and i thought you were a star in the sky and i was talking to you all the way to the shops and the star came with me and i felt you were keeping me safe i was only a little girl but it felt real to me uncle mick and i do belive in my heart your star was in the sky that night and it was shining down on all who loved you ,you were a lovely man uncle mick and i never forget you ,i know you will be happy as i know you and aunty flora are to gether looking down on all who love you s ,god bless sweet dream i will love u forever amber xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Amber (nice) September 20, 2007

In Sympathy

So sorry for your loss. Your story has touched my heart. My nan passed away in July and it feels like my whole world has been taken away. On this site their memory can live on. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. God bless. x

What is Dying?

A ship sails and I stand watching till she fades on the horizon and someone at my side says 'She is gone'.

Gone where? Gone from my sight, that is all. She is just as large now as when I last saw her. Her diminished size and total loss from my sight is in me, not in her.

And just at the moment when someone at my side says she is gone there are others who are watching her coming over their horizon and other voices take up a glad shout 'There she comes!'

That is what dying is. An horizon and just the limit of our sight.

Lift us up, Oh Lord, that we may see further.

Mel Xxxxx (Grand-daughter to Grace and Francis Doe) September 18, 2007

special grandad

sleep tight grandad, look after grandma for us, love u always lots n lots ov love stacey xxxxxxxxxx

Stacey (grand- daughter) September 16, 2007

unforgetable grandad

sleep well grandad look after grandma n lee miss you r.i.p xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Nikki (Granddaughter) September 16, 2007

dad

i miss u more than words can say ,until the cancer took hold u were a very hard working man. very stubborn that u were going 2 pass away at home by your family by your side .it wasnt 2 b on the wednesday.u couldt bear the pain any longer.we had 2 phone 4 a ambulance.wen they arrived the comented that they had not transported any 1 in that much pain before, u passed away less than 48. hrs later u fought as long as possible. u r at peace now .love tina xxxxx

Tina (Daughter) September 14, 2007