SHARLA LYN’NELL ROGERS 9/15/72 – 2/5/24

Lester and Allene Rogers welcomed their baby girl, Sharla Lyn’Nell Rogers, on September 15, 1972. She was reared in the Acres Homes community and educated in the Aldine Independent School District where she was a 1990 graduate of Eisenhower High School. She would go on to earn a degree in music education from Houston Baptist University now Houston Christian University in 1995 and a master’s in education administration from Sam Houston State University in 2008. Throughout middle school, high school, and college, Sharla excelled in choral music. This is evidence of her being awarded various medals in competition at the district, region, and state levels. During college she sang at various churches throughout the Houston area to include Garden Villas Baptist church and Grace Presbyterian. She also appeared in numerous musical and opera productions. Sharla’s musical interest was extensive.