- Date Of Birth: March 11, 1919
- Date Of Death: June 25, 2009
- State: Florida
Grace Vickers Rogers of Fort Walton Beach, FL., age 90, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, on Thursday morning, June 25, 2009.
Grace was born on March 11, 1919, in Newton, AL., and lived there until the early years of her marriage. She married her childhood sweetheart, Aubie Rogers, on October 13, 1935. They were blessed with over 54 years of marriage. During the early years of their marriage, they lived in Newton and Demopolis, AL, and Eustis, Leesburg, and Umatilla, FL. When Aubie went into the Navy during WWII, the family moved with him to Jacksonville and Ft. Pearce, FL., and New Orleans, LA. When he deployed overseas, Grace and the children moved back to Newton. After the War, Aubie also returned to Newton and the family lived there until 1952 when they moved to Elba, AL., for two years, then to Panama City Beach for a year, and finally moving to and settling in Ft. Walton Beach in 1955.
Grace spent most of her adult years as a wife and homemaker. However, she did work for a few years at the A & P. Supermarket and W.T. Grant Department Store, until she had to retire because of a back injury. During her “retirement” years, Grace began taking art lessons and quickly progressed to the point she was asked to assist her art teacher. Later, she and Aubie opened their own art studio where she taught many students for many years. Aubie found his niche teaching macramé and framing artwork.
Grace was a very beautiful, quintessential southern lady—gracious, charming, hospitable, generous, kind, compassionate and loving.
Grace was preceded in death by her father and mother, Riley and Margaret (Pilcher) Vickers, foster parents, Wiley and Willie Hall, husband, Aubie Rogers, Son, Jimmy Rogers, and granddaughter, Tina Marie Rogers, and 4 brothers, Clyde, Curtis, Wade and Jack Vickers.
Grace is survived by her daughter, Barbara Wylline (Rogers) Brown and her husband, Jerry of Ft. Walton Beach, and their children, Tim, and his wife, Amy and their children, Chris (& Crystal) and their children, Hunter and Alissa Brown and Deanna Taylor, of Mary Esther, and Ashleigh (Brown) Lyons and her husband, Tommy; and Angela (Brown) Clinkingbeard and her husband, Roger, and their children, Lindsay and Logan, of Ft. Walton Beach; granddaughter, Lisa (Rogers) Anderson, and her husband, Dale and their children, Courtney and Keith, of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and Candace Stocks and her husband, Kurt and son, Jaylen, of El Dorado, Hills, CA; one grandson, Perry Rogers, (& Susan & son, Chris), and Perry’s children, Jimmy Rogers, and his wife, Krissy, & son, Kristofer, Nicholas Rogers, and Sarah Kay Rogers, all of Ft. Walton Beach. Grace is also survived by her late granddaughter Tina’s two daughters, Crystal (Bond) Fenwick, and her husband, David, of Baltimore, MD., and Tabatha (Tidwell) Raper and her husband, Christopher, of Ft. Know, KY; and great-granddaughter, Kaylee Fenwick, of Baltimore, MD;
Grace is also survived by two beloved first cousins, Ruth Clark of Newton, AL., and Victor Calhoun of Del City, OK and very dear friends for over 55 years, Sylvan and Shirley Marler of Ft. Walton Beach.
