Roger Earl Worden

Roger Earl Worden of Cumming, Georgia, passed away peacefully on July 13, 2010 at the age of 81. Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey on February 11, 1929 and graduated from Nichols College in Dudley, Massachusetts in 1950, Roger was a gentleman; tall in stature, knowledge and heart. He served in the U.S. Navy Reserve and was the founder and owner of Quick Flight Stair Co. He was a champion skeet shooter and member of the River Bend Gun Club for many years. Rogers love of animals, especially of horses and family dogs, lead him and wife Judith to host equine-assisted services for people with special needs at their farm, which inspired the creation of Driving Magic, Inc., a therapeutic carriage driving program for people with disabilities. Roger is survived by his wife Judith, sons David and Carol of North Carolina, and John Catherine, and granddaughters Elizabeth and Olivia of California, and step-sons Jeffrey and Steven LaCross. Reverend Ron Preuss of Cumming First United Methodist Church, of which Roger and Judith are members, will officiate a memorial service at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, July 17 at Ingram Funeral Home in Cumming, Georgia. In a private observance, Rogers ashes will be spread in the Amish Country of Ohio, the place where Roger found his greatest comfort. In lieu of flowers, Judith Worden has asked that donations please be made in Rogers memory to Driving Magic, Inc., P.O. Box 279, Duluth, Georgia 30096. All donations will go directly to the care of the therapeutic horses Roger so dearly loved and to a scholarship fund established in his name. Ingram Funeral Home Crematory, Cumming, GA is in charge of the arrangements.