You all have my deepest sympathies and condolences 💐 on the loss of your loved one 💐💐💐💐

Cuz your smile lights up the room. To say you will be missed is a understatement. Nooky…..we love you and we miss you already. I know you, Polly, and uncle Mansfield up there showing my mom and Ireine how to play cards while cuzo Lue waiting on aunty Ree to finish cooking. Rest well cuz❤️

I got a new a fight in sixth grade with a kid.  And Thomas was the referee. He said, let’s have a nice clean fight boys.  And while I fought this kid, Thomas make sure we kept it clean.  
I didn’t keep in contact with Thomas after high school. But we were friends from junior high through high school.  I’ll never forget what an awesome guy he was.  RIP Brother 😔

Words can’t even express he was one of my role models. The only non-celeb

Nooky you were one of my favorite cousins it's hard to see u go. This is too soon but I know you are in a better place. I will ALWAYS remember the good times we had. Rest up cuz 💪🏾

Me and Thomas met at the charity poker about 15 years ago when I used to go with my dad and my brother he always brought excitement to the game and I always talked highly about Thomas and brought him up to other people that he would take them down and when I talked to Thomas and I asked him if he could beat these people he said I've been doing this when they were in diapers he was always kind to me I never had a bad thing to say about him he always talked to me in the casino and I remember one time I was heads up in the 8:00 tournament with Thomas at the charity poker we outlasted the field we were the last two men standing believe it or not I don't get nervous but I was nervous to play him we ended up chopping the pot love you buddy rest in peace you will be missed by many! From the D'Amato family Tommy Damato Jr Tom D'Amato senior Cheryl D'Amato Nick Damato

RIP TR32. 🙏 My deepest condolences go out to his family

Wow! Where do I begin? I’m in a lost for words. My big cousin who always made it fun to be around! Life will never be the same without you nooky 😔 I remember you used to pay us to race each other 😂😂 or when you brought me my first two way pager . You will be forever missed cousin , my condolences to our family. I can’t stand to see you in a casket, until we meet again

Rip Thomas, thank you for being a great friend, your locker was next to mine in high school, I will never forget freshman year, you were saying hey Timmy let s take home ec together then we can meet all the girls lol , I loved playing basketball at the Weiss center or at my house all the time, I remember your LL cool J and Ez E posters in your room, you got my to start listening to them and 2 live crew lol , I was kind of a loaner in high school but I always talked to you , rest easy, I will miss you  🙏

Very generous guy and comedian and the craps table. Gone too soon!

Thomas, we go way back (4th grade).  You were like a big brother to me. We always looked out for each other and had each others back. I remember going to our neighborhood playground watching you play basketball (you dominated that ball court even as a kid), seeing you riding your bike through our neighborhood, us getting picked up in those huge Chevy Suburban trucks on Wednesday evenings for AWANA night, hanging out on my front porch talking, watching your silly dance moves, and cracking jokes, that's just some of MANY memories. You were so fun to be around, it was always a good time. My funny, nice, kind hearted friend, you will truly be missed, but never forgotten.  
Rest well and I'll  "see you around like a donut".

The Rowley family sends their condolences to the Rodgers family.
It was always exciting to be around Thomas and coach him.  He was charismatic!  He really did care for others.  He and his teammates won many games for Hersey.
About ten years after he was in high  school I was putting gas in my car.  When I went to pay, the clerk said, "That guy out there paid for your gas."  It was Thomas.  Underneath Thomas was a great person.  I am forever blessed that I knew him and got to coach him.
Coach Don Rowley, Sr.
Don Rowley, Jr.
Jon Rowley

Great poker player and nice guy. Will be missed.

T-Dog , #32 , RIP my man.  Thank you for a being a friend and teammate for so many great years !

May God rest your Soul!!  Everyone loves you!
Steve Koliopoulos

Definitely going to miss you cousin 1 of the kindest and coolest people ever!! I wish we could of played ball like we had discussed but you in a better place now thanks for all the love you showed me through out years 

R.I.P. to the best basketball player we had in the family love ya

One of the coolest laid back brother on this earth.. the good die young. God bless your family.. your body might be resting but your soul lives on forever 🤟🏾

My Condolences To The Entire Rodgers Family. 🙏

Rest peacefully, Thomas.  Though we weren't close, in high school you were always a kind man.  God be with Selena, your children, and the rest of your family who mourn your great loss.  RIP.

Thomas, you are gone too soon, but not forgotten.  I’ll never forget you going around asking everyone for a quarter  in high school, and by the end of the school day you had more money than all of us!  I’m sorry that I didn’t get to see you again after high school.  I often think about the conversations we would’ve had, my self you and Carnesha! I’ll miss your smile, but it is forever embedded in my heart.  Rest well, my friend.  My condolences to the entire family. ❤️

Everybody loved Thomas! We have some great funny memories. I gonna miss looking for him at the casino; he could always smell when I was winning. In Vegas, he had a casino host following him around to different casinos with bottles of Ace of Spades( refills). He beat Vegas good! He had the biggest heart of love and to gamble. Gonna miss you buddy, Love! Clay.  Rip TR32.

OBITUARY

Thomas Earl Rodgers, Jr.

July 12, 1975 – October 5, 2022

Glueckert Funeral Home

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