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1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Gollie |
4 | | Mae Rodgers of Chicago, who passed away on March 15, 2014; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, Gollie Rodgers was born on August 26, 1946 in |
6 | | Council, Arkansas; her parents were Clinton, Sr. and Beatrice |
7 | | (nee Floyd) Mobley; she married Claymon Rodgers on September |
8 | | 26, 1966 in Chicago; and
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9 | | WHEREAS, Gollie Rodgers graduated from Anna Strong High |
10 | | School in Marianna, Arkansas in 1966 and attended Prairie State |
11 | | College in Chicago Heights; and |
12 | | WHEREAS, Gollie Rodgers was employed with Trine Stone |
13 | | Cleaners in Chicago Heights, Four Seasons Nursing Home in Hazel |
14 | | Crest, and ITW Impro in Monkena, where she retired after over |
15 | | 33 years of service; she also worked for the Chicago Heights |
16 | | Park District and worked for many years as secretary of the |
17 | | Mobley Family Reunion; and
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18 | | WHEREAS, Gollie Rodgers was a member of Calvary Baptist |
19 | | Church in Chicago Heights from 1973 to 2000, where she served |
20 | | as Sunday school teacher, choir member, and member of the |
21 | | women's missionary department; she was also a member of the |
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1 | | First Union Missionary Baptist Church in Ford Heights from 2000 |
2 | | to 2014, where she served as a member of the treasury board, |
3 | | choir member, member of the pastoral care committee, and member |
4 | | of the feeding ministry; and |
5 | | WHEREAS, Gollie Rodgers enjoyed traveling in the United |
6 | | States and abroad and spending time with her family; and |
7 | | WHEREAS, Gollie Rodgers was preceded in death by her |
8 | | husband, Claymon; her daughter, Wanna Joyce; and her parents; |
9 | | and
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10 | | WHEREAS, Gollie Rodgers is survived by her daughters, Wanda |
11 | | and Donna; her grandson, Michael E. Hunter; her granddaughters, |
12 | | Destiny J. and Ericka C. Hunter; her sister, Mary H. (Henry |
13 | | Jr.) Mobley Thompson; her brother, Clinton Mobley, Jr.; her |
14 | | in-laws, Bobby Rodgers and Katherine Edmond; a host of nieces, |
15 | | nephews, and cousins; her First Union Baptist Church family; |
16 | | and her "son", Pastor Dr. Robert M. Foster; therefore, be it
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17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
18 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
19 | | we, along with her family and friends, mourn the passing of |
20 | | Gollie Mae Rodgers; and be it further
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21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |