SWITCH: Mobile | ePaper | Subscribe

Homes Rentals Jobs Autos Contests

Roy Rogers

Still singing 'Happy Trails'

Last updated Sunday, January 15, 2012 - 9:00am

If Wilma Tidwell Packer could have chosen a second father, she would have picked singing cowboy Roy Rogers.

"I lost my father when I was 10 years old, and I looked up to Roy and Dale (Evans) as second parents -- especially Roy, to have a father image," said Packer, of Marriott-Slaterville. "I looked up to him, and put his picture up on the wall, and tried to think of what he'd want me to do."

Features, Dale Evans, Roy Rogers, Featured Read more Comments

A ROY ROGERS/DALE EVANS PRIMER

Becky Wright Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, January 15, 2012 - 8:55am

Roy Rogers, for those too young to know, was called "King of the Cowboys." A star on radio, film and television, he was second only to Walt Disney characters when it came to product endorsements. Kids everywhere collected Roy Rogers cap guns, furniture, lunch boxes and more.

Rogers was born Nov. 5, 1911, in Cincinnati, and named Leonard Slye. He grew up on a farm in Duck Run, Ohio, where he learned to play mandolin, sing and yodel.

Features, Dale Evans, Roy Rogers Read more Comments