Ruth Joyce Sayre and James Mathew Rogers

JAMES MATHEW ROGERS was born August 28, 1910 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon,^{938, 934} and died January 1, 1964 in Memorial Mission Hospital, Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina.^{938, 934} He is buried in Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina.⁴⁵⁶

He married RUTH JOYCE SAYRE on February 18, 1935 in Cheraw, Chesterfield, South Carolina,^{646, 4033} daughter of MINNIE CLARKE and BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SAYRE. She was born February 3, 1915 in Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina,⁸⁷ and died June 13, 1997 in Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina.^{56, 643} She is buried in Riverside Cemetery, Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina.⁴⁵⁶

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Children of RUTH JOYCE SAYRE and JAMES MATHEW ROGERS:

1. Son
2. Son

Asheville Citizen, February 4, 1915⁴⁰³²

BORN, A DAUGHTER

Born, to Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Sayre, of Canton, a daughter, Ruth Joyce.

Carolina Alumni Review, February, 1936⁴⁰³³

Rogers—Married: Miss Ruth Joyce Sayre and James M. Rogers, both of Asheville, February 18, 1935, in Cheraw, S. C. Both are alumni of the University. Mrs. Rogers before coming to the University attended St. Genevieve-of-the-Pines and Woman's College of the University in Greenboro. Jimmie also attended the University of Tennessee. They are living in Asheville.

Daily Times-News, January 2, 1964⁹³⁸

Asheville Editor Is Dead At 53

ASHEVILLE - James M. Rogers, 53, who had served Asheville's daily newspapers for more than a quarter century, the last two years as editor of The Times, died Wednesday of leukemia.

He has suffered from the blood disease for the last four years, and was able to perform his duties as editorial writer until four weeks ago, when he was admitted to Memorial Mission Hospital, where he died. He was named editor of the Afternoon Times in December of 1961 after having served in various news capacities of the jointly owned Times and The Asheville Citizen. He began his newspaper career as a reporter on The Times in 1936 and later became assistant sports editor ad assistant city editor. He was promoted to city editor in 1949 and to managing editor in 1950.

Rogers, a native of Portland, Ore., who spent most of his life in Buncombe County, served two years in the Navy in World War II. He was educated in Asheville's public schools and the universities of Tennessee and North Carolina. He was graduated from North Carolina in 1935 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism.

Survivors include the widow, the former Joyce Sayre, two sons and one brother.

The funeral services will be conducted Friday at 11 a.m., at First Presbyterian Church.

Asheville Citizen-Times, June 15, 1997⁵¹⁴³

JOYCE ROGERS

Joyce Sayre Rogers, 82, of 514 Chunn's Cove Road, Asheville, died Friday, June 13, 1997, in a local nursing center.

Mrs. Rogers was a lifelong resident of Buncombe County and was the daughter of the late Judge Sam M. and Minnie Clarke Cathey. She was preceded in death by her husband, James M. "Jimmy" Rogers, former editor of the Asheville Times, who died in 1964, and by a brother William C. Sayre. She was a member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church and the American Association of University Women.

She is survived by her sons, James M. Rogers Jr. of Asheville and William C. Rogers of Columbia, S.C.; four grandchildren, David, Joyce, Heather and Charles Rogers; one great-grandchild, Garret, and three nieces.

A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at St. Luke's Episcopal Church with the Rev. John Stephen Hines officiating.

Memorials may be made to St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 219 Chunn's Cove Road, Asheville, N.C. 28805.

Groce Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.