Emmett Harvey Rogers

1944 - 2016

MOORESVILLE - Emmett Harvey Rogers, Jr., 72, made a permanent move on Monday, July 11, 2016, from his home in Mooresville, to be with his Heavenly Father.

He was born on March 4, 1944, to the late Emmett Harvey Rogers, Sr. and Edna Blanton Rogers. In 1965 he married Jane Walker of Shelby. Shortly after they married, Harvey and Jane moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where he he managed a Sears store. In 1970, he had an opportunity to enter the automobile business in Forest City. It was while in Forest City he first answered a call to enter the Pastoral Ministry and was ordained there at the First Baptist Church. In pursuit of his ministerial training, Harvey completed his studies at Gardner Webb University, he then entered Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, where he earned a Master of Divinity and a Doctor of Ministry degrees. In 2012, he was humbled by the presentation of an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Gardner Webb University. He also served as a member of the Gardner Webb University Board for Trustees and Board of Ministers. He has served as a longtime member of the Lake Norman Regional Medical Center Board of Directors. He completed addition studies in Pastoral Care from the School of Pastoral care at Baptist Hospital in Wake Forest. Harvey pastored three churches during his 30 years of ministry: Forestville Baptist, Fallston Baptist and First Baptist of Mooresville. April 26, 2016, He was awarded the highest honor attainable within in the Baptist State Convention of NC, the Baptist Heritage Award. After retirement from the pastoral ministry, he joined the management staff of Randy Marion Automotive Corporation.

He is survived by his beloved wife Jane Walker Rogers; two daughters Jennifer Kinion and her husband Steve, Jill Lackey and her husband Nick; and two Grandsons Walker Rogers and Bryce Lackey, with which he had very special bonds.

The family will receive friends immediately following in the church sanctuary.

A service of worship to the glory of God and to celebrate the life of Dr. E Harvey Rogers, Jr. will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, July 14, 2016, at Williamson's Chapel United Methodist Church, Mooresville, with Rev. Mark Pitts and Rev. John F. Bridges officiating.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Gardner Webb University, Dr. E. Harvey Rogers and Jane W. Rogers Scholarship Fund, 110 S. Main St., P.O. Box 997, Boiling Springs, NC 28017, Stephens Ministry, Williamson's Chapel United Methodist Church, 575 Brawley School Rd., Mooresville, NC 28117, Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, 383 Main Avenue, 5th Floor, Norfolk, CT 06851 or Gordon Hospice House Hospice and Palliative Care of Iredell County, 2347 Simonton Rd., Statesville, NC 28625.

Online condolences may be made at www.cavin-cook.com.

Arrangements by Cavin-Cook Funeral Home, Mooresville.