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|alma_mater=Charleston High School<br>

|alma_mater=Charleston High School<br>

College of Charleston<br>

College of Charleston<br>

[[The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina]]<br>

[[The Citadel|The Citadel; The Military College of South Carolina]]<br>

[[University of South Carolina]] School of Law

[[University of South Carolina]] School of Law

|branch=[[United States Army]]

|branch=[[United States Army]]

==Background==

==Background==

Rogers was born in Mullins  in Marion County in eastern South Carolina, the son of the senior Joseph Oscar Rogers and the former Lila McDonald. The family moved to [[Charleston]], South Carolina, where he graduated in 1938 from the former Charleston High School and enrolled thereafter at the College of Charleston. With the outbreak of [[World War II]], Rogers left college to serve in the [[United States Army]]. A staff [[sergeant]], he was stationed in the 758th Engineer Company, Seventh Army, the North African Theater of Operations, including [[Morocco]], [[Algiers]], and [[Tunisia]], and then in southern [[France]]. After the war, he completed his undergraduate education at [[The Citadel|The Military College of South Carolina]] in Charleston and then in 1950 earned his law degree from the [[University of South Carolina]] in the capital city of [[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia]].<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.law.sc.edu/memory/2000/rogersjo_jr.shtml|title=Joseph Oscar Rogers, Jr.|publisher=law.sc.edu|accessdate=May 3, 2014}}</ref><ref name=rogerspapers/>

Rogers was born in Mullins  in Marion County in eastern South Carolina, the son of the senior Joseph Oscar Rogers and the former Lila McDonald. The family moved to [[Charleston]], South Carolina, where he graduated in 1938 from the former Charleston High School and enrolled thereafter at the College of Charleston. With the outbreak of [[World War II]], Rogers left college to serve in the [[United States Army]]. A staff [[sergeant]], he was stationed in the 758th Engineer Company, Seventh Army, the North African Theater of Operations, including [[Morocco]], [[Algiers]], and [[Tunisia]], and then in southern [[France]]. After the war, he completed his undergraduate education at [[The Citadel|The Citadel: Military College of South Carolina]] in Charleston and then in 1950 earned his law degree from the [[University of South Carolina]] in the capital city of [[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia]].<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.law.sc.edu/memory/2000/rogersjo_jr.shtml|title=Joseph Oscar Rogers, Jr.|publisher=law.sc.edu|accessdate=May 3, 2014}}</ref><ref name=rogerspapers/>

Rogers and his wife, the former Kathleen Brown of Hemingway in Williamsburg County in eastern South Carolina, married in 1949 and had three children, Pamela Rogers Melton, Joseph Oscar Rogers, III, an architect in Columbia, and the Reverend Timothy Julian Rogers. An active member of the [[United Methodis]] denomination, Rogers served the congregation in Manning as Sunday school teacher, chairman of the administrative board, and lay delegate to the annual conference in 1968.<ref name=bio/>

Rogers and his wife, the former Kathleen Brown of Hemingway in Williamsburg County in eastern South Carolina, married in 1949 and had three children, Pamela Rogers Melton, Joseph Oscar Rogers, III, an architect in Columbia, and the Reverend Timothy Julian Rogers. An active member of the [[United Methodist]] denomination, Rogers served the congregation in Manning as Sunday school teacher, chairman of the administrative board, and lay delegate to the annual conference in 1968.<ref name=bio/>

Rogers was also a member of the Masonic lodge, Rotary International,  the American Legion, and a director of the Bank of Clarendon in Manning.<ref name=rogerspapers/>

Rogers was also a member of the Masonic lodge, Rotary International,  the American Legion, and a director of the Bank of Clarendon in Manning.<ref name=rogerspapers/>