Birth date: Sep 20, 1936 Death date: Apr 16, 2020
Osborne Britain Rogers, III. "Brit" passed away peacefully on Thursday April 16th 2020 at his home in Southaven Mississippi. Brit was born Sept 20th 1936 to O. B. Rogers Jr and Mary Lou Oates. He was preceded in death by his fathe Read Obituary
There are so many great memories of Brit. He was my Sunday School teacher and he never failed to send me a card and note if I missed a Sunday School class. He had a love and passion for the youth.
A regular late night stop for many of us was Waffle House. Who doesn't love breakfast food, right? We were young so we were often out and about until midnight or later. Tommy Jaynes and I would love to go by and wake up Brit in the middle of the night. He would get up, fix us breakfast (he made a great breakfast), and hang out talking with us for hours. He would love to "fuss" about it the next week during Sunday School but I know he loved and cherished that time as much as I (we) did.
When I saw the picture of Brit and Linda in that red car, I remembered a time he was on some retreat in Florida. He left Tommy and I in charge of house sitting while he was gone. I think the trip was for a week. Approximately 1/2 way into the trip, we drove that red car down to Florida, found Brit, told him we came down just to let him know everything was okay with the house and drove back. He was so shocked when he saw us. He just chuckled, shook his head and made one of his typical (funny) remarks. When he got back, he fixed us a late night breakfast.
I only saw Brit periodically throughout most of the 90's. We might run into each other here or there and it was always great to see him. We would always say that we need to get together and catch up. I would threaten to come wake him up in the middle of the night for breakfast. I moved away about 20 years ago and have rarely been back. I regret I never woke him up for that breakfast and conversation before I moved. The last time I saw Brit was approximately 4 years ago at a friend's funeral/visitation. I was so happy to see him and introduce him to my wife. He got to hear me tell my wife what a special man and cherished friend he is and what an impact he made on my life. I hope he always knew how much I loved him and cherished our friendship.
Dear Linda and Rogers family, It is important to me that I witness for Uncle Brit , your husband, a father and grandfather. He was a good man. He is worthy of much praise for his goodness and kindness. My favorite uncle. He was such a devoted brother to my mother and uncle to all of us.He continued an important connection to me and my siblings after mother died.He kept in touch with all of us with wonderful stories and history of our family. I will forever cherish my uncle and his delightful personality. He will always be my dear uncle Brit.I have such fond memories of him and our family. He gave us a sense of security and family love. I am sad and sorry I won't hear his voice on my birthday. He never forgot. I love him and will always honor his time with us.He was a very important person. Love you all, Carol
Prayers and thoughts to the family. He was so friendly and easy to talk to. But I'll miss our many discussions about Ole Miss, especially football, it was a topic we were both passionate about Ole Miss, even thought we talked about so many other things.
We love the Roger's. We have shared many good memories for 40 yrs. Youth retreats, church, prayer times n playtime. Thank you Linda for all you have done n all our fun times with you n Brit in our home, your home n church.
The greens Hugh, Mittie, Kerry n wife Liz, kids Lex n Eva
Linda,
My deepest condolences to you and your family. I watched the tribute video and I could see the love that you and Brit shared. You have a beautiful family! I only met Brit once in about 2000 or 2001. You had me over for dinner when I had come to Memphis for work. Let all of your wonderful, happy memories comfort you as you grieve your loss. Brit is at peace and has seen the face of Jesus and you will be reunited one day!
Love,
Gail Stanton Taylor
