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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of  Verbena 
4Riley Rogers, who passed away on May 26, 2013; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Verbena Rogers was born on December 13, 1948, in 
6Inverness, Mississippi; her parents were Henry Riley Sr. and 
7Ethel McGee Riley; she married Jake Rogers Sr. in 1965; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, Verbena Rogers moved to Chicago in 1971 and began 
9attending Union Missionary Baptist Church in 1977; during her 
10membership at Union, she regularly attended Sunday School and 
11Bible Study and served on the Mission Society, Contact 
12Committee, Golden Girls, and the Mother's Board; and
  
 
13    WHEREAS, Verbena Rogers was preceded in death by her 
14parents and her siblings, Henry Riley, Jr., Willie Lyons, and 
15Mattie Walker; and

  
 
16    WHEREAS, Verbena Rogers is survived by her children, Jake 
17Jr., Lloyd (Tonia), Floyd, Denise, Lashal, LaTanya, Verbena 
18Burns (Nathaniel), and Luke; her 27 grandchildren; her 17 
19great-grandchildren; her sisters-in-law, Bobbie Riley and 
20Cassandra Riley; her godmother, Alice London; her goddaughter, 
21Michelle Williams; her godsisters, Bobbie Bradley and Gladys 
 
 
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1Moreland; her godbrother, Reverend Freddie Harris; and her many 
2nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends; therefore, be it
  
 
3    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
4NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
5we mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of 
6Verbena Riley Rogers; and be it further
  
 
7    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
8presented to the family of Verbena Rogers as an expression of 
9our sympathy.