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--- In , Brian Rogers <twangler@p...>
wrote:
I'm sorry to deliver this news in e mail but I just don't have
everyone's phone number and some of you were on mass e mails that
Scott
sent out whom I don't even know but I assume are Scott's friend. Some
of
you I have talked to and I hate to deliver it twice. There are plenty
more friends on atomoculture and reverborama whose e mails I don't
have
either so I'm sending it there too.
Last night, our friend Scott Rogers, aka Rip Thrillby, was in a car
accident and was killed. He was the passenger in a 63 Ford Galaxie and
was thrown from the car(he would want you to know he wasn't in a Honda
or lessor vehicle(grin)). I've known the driver for a long time and
have
NEVER seen him drunk so I do not suspect DUI. Apparently he simply
fell
asleep.
Scott was a born again Christian and was baptized just a few years
ago.
We know he's in a much better place.
I know many of you will be praying for us and I'd like to go ahead and
say thanks in advance and ask that you join our family to also pray
for
the driver who is banged up and obviously grieving with the rest of
us.
No funeral arrangements have been set yet, but I can send details as
they develop if you like.
Scott often used the quote "May you live in interesting times." He
lived
an interesting life and sucked all the marrow out of life he could.
From
being an Airborne soldier in the first gulf war to fronting one of the
best surf bands in the "3rd" wave, not to mention being a hell of a
son,
brother, Uncle, friend and Man.
As just a brief example of the kind of guy Scott was, after we played
our last Penetrators show in March, he wouldn't accept his share of
the
money. He told me I needed to take it and put it in a mutual fund to
make sure my daughters were being taken care of for the future and for
college.
Knowing Scott as well as I did, I know he would not want anybody
wallowing in sorrow. He had a remarkable way of staring down bad
situations and finding the positive message in them. Anybody that
received his e mail after his GTO was totaled by an SUV knows that. If
there is one in here, it's to cherish your life and your loved ones.
Don't ever take them for granted (which we did not) and always pray
for
them (which we did).
His Memory and his Music will live on as he does now in Heaven.
Again, I hate to deliver this news by e mail, but those of us who knew
him best knew that e mail was about the only way to get a hold of him,
so maybe it's fitting. I hope you don't mind Scott.
You were a remarkable guy and you will never be forgotten.
John Scott Rogers - July 14 1966 - May 11 2003
His loving brother,
Brian
rogers_b@b...
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