>To:
>From: "archaeologist" <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 11:51:07
>Subject: Death of NPS Archeologist Houston Rogers
>
>http://data2.itc.nps.gov/morningreport/
>
>02-643
>         Tumacácori National Historical Park (AZ)
>         Death of NPS Archeologist Houston Rogers
>
>         Elvin Houston Rogers was killed in a motorcycle accident on Sunday,
>December 22, near Tubac,
>         Arizona. He was the son of Peggy Thompson of Amarillo, Texas, and
>Jerry Rogers of Santa Fe,
>         New Mexico. Houston was born on December 10, 1968, in Arlington,
>Virginia. He was a 1987
>         graduate of McLean High School and a cum laude graduate in 1995
>from Virginia Commonwealth
>         University (VCU). Early childhood experience in West Texas on the
>Bridwell Ranch, which was
>         managed by his grandfather, and a particularly inspiring professor
>at VCU motivated him to study
>         archeology and to obtain a master’s degree in anthropology from
>the University of Wyoming in
>         2000. An innovative and energetic thinker, Houston was in the early
>stages of a promising career
>         with the National Park Service, from which his father retired in
>2000. He had participated in an
>         archeological study of the diet of 19th century enlisted men at
>Fort Laramie NHS, worked for the
>         Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office, and participated in
>the archeological survey at
>         Pecos NHP. At the time of his death, he was an archeologist in
>the "Vanishing Treasures"
>         program at Tumacacori NHP, where he was developing a method for
>documenting preservation
>         work done on adobe ruins and also monitored the effects of new
>construction on archeological
>         resources. In addition to his parents, he is survived by their
>spouses, Nancy Burgas of Santa Fe
>         and David Thompson of Amarillo, a sister and brother-in law, Tiana
>and Dale Conklin of
>         Leesburg, Virginia, a brother, Jeffrey Rogers and companion Lesley
>Arnott of Ashburn, Virginia,
>         a grandmother, Hazel Sifford of Amarillo, and five nephews and
>a niece in northern Virginia.
>         Donations in Houston’s memory may be addressed to the New Mexico
>Heritage Preservation
>         Alliance, P.O. Box 2490, Santa Fe, NM 87504-2490. A funeral service
>is tentatively scheduled for
>         Saturday, December 28, in Vega, Texas. Messages of condolence may
>be sent to Jerry Rogers
>         at 29 Bosque Loop, Santa Fe, NM 87508, and to Peggy Thompson at
>2216 Gypsyman Lane,
>         Amarillo, TX 79108.
>
>         Updated on December 26 at noon EST with this note from Jerry Rogers,
>which he
>         asked be passed on to all:
>
>         "Between the fact that this is Christmas week and that we are all
>in so many scattered
>         places it has been difficult settling on a time for the Memorial
>Ceremony for Houston,
>         but we have at last done it.
>
>
>         "The ceremony will be at the Methodist Church in Vega, Texas on
>Sunday December 29
>         at 2pm. Gerald has agreed to lead us in a participatory ceremony
>in which a small
>         number of people will make brief statements about Houston. I will
>make the final
>         statement and Tiana will lead a closing prayer. There will be an
>open reception in the
>         fellowship hall immediately following the ceremony. Arrangements
>are being handled
>         by Boxwell Brothers through their Vega Funeral Home.
>
>
>         "Cremation will occur in Arizona later this week, and the Sunday
>date was selected by
>         Peggy and me in order to be sure of having the remains present.
>There will be no
>         interment, although we do anticipate a memorial plaque being placed
>later at the
>         Sifford family plot in the Vega Cemetery.
>
>
>         "Although time will be limited, anyone who would like to make a
>brief statement during
>         the ceremony may let me know by e-mail at [log in to unmask],
>by phone at (505)
>         466-1863, or by fax at (505) 466-1861, and we will do our best
>to work it in.
>
>
>         "I anticipate holding a separate memorial ceremony at Pecos National
>Historical Park at
>         a time to be determined later."
>
>
>
>         [Submitted by Ann Rasor, Superintendent]


Anita Cohen-Williams
Search Engine Guru/SEO
http://www.mysearchguru.com
"Connecting Your Site to the Web"
Listowner of HISTARCH, SUB-ARCH & SPANBORD
----------------------
ArchaeologyOnline Blog
http://archaeology.blogspot.com

MuseumGuru Blog
http://museumguru.blogspot.com