Sidney Rogers

Sidney Mills Rogers, Jr. passed away at Chippenham Hospital in Richmond on Monday, June 6, 2016.   Born in Greensboro, NC, on January 28, 1933, Mills grew up in Danville. His parents were Sidney Mills Rogers, Sr. and Nancy Motley Rogers, both deceased.   Mills is survived by longtime special friend, Bettie Davis, of Richmond; three children: Sidney Mills Rogers, III (Jennie) of Marietta, GA., Gwendolyn Rogers Yarbrough (Jeff) of Danville and Thomas Fitzgerald Rogers (Christi) of Hanover County, VA. He is also survived by six grandchildren: Anne, Mills IV, Fitz Jr., Jess, Matt and Emily.   In high school at GWHS, Mills lettered in football, tennis and track, graduating in 1951.  In college at Washington & Lee University, Mills majored in Business, played football on scholarship, was Senior Class President, President of Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity and a member of R.O.T.C., graduating in 1955 with a B.S. in Commerce. After graduation from college, Mills served in the U.S. Army, Transportation Corp., as a 1st Lieutenant, helping to build the D.E.W. System in Canada after the Korean War. After his military service, Mills worked for R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company where he was a tobacconist. After retirement, Mills owned a beer and wine distributorship in Danville, a business brokerage in Richmond and managed family farm property in Pittsylvania County.   The family will receive friends from 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM at Townes Funeral Home, followed by a graveside service at 4:00 PM at Highland Burial Park on Saturday June 11, 2016.