Full Text of HR0451 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Verbena | 4 | | Riley Rogers, who passed away on May 26, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Verbena Rogers was born on December 13, 1948, in | 6 | | Inverness, Mississippi; her parents were Henry Riley Sr. and | 7 | | Ethel McGee Riley; she married Jake Rogers Sr. in 1965; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Verbena Rogers moved to Chicago in 1971 and began | 9 | | attending Union Missionary Baptist Church in 1977; during her | 10 | | membership at Union, she regularly attended Sunday School and | 11 | | Bible Study and served on the Mission Society, Contact | 12 | | Committee, Golden Girls, and the Mother's Board; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Verbena Rogers was preceded in death by her | 14 | | parents and her siblings, Henry Riley, Jr., Willie Lyons, and | 15 | | Mattie Walker; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Verbena Rogers is survived by her children, Jake | 17 | | Jr., Lloyd (Tonia), Floyd, Denise, Lashal, LaTanya, Verbena | 18 | | Burns (Nathaniel), and Luke; her 27 grandchildren; her 17 | 19 | | great-grandchildren; her sisters-in-law, Bobbie Riley and | 20 | | Cassandra Riley; her godmother, Alice London; her goddaughter, | 21 | | Michelle Williams; her godsisters, Bobbie Bradley and Gladys |
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| 1 | | Moreland; her godbrother, Reverend Freddie Harris; and her many | 2 | | nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 4 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 5 | | we mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of | 6 | | Verbena Riley Rogers; and be it further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 | | presented to the family of Verbena Rogers as an expression of | 9 | | our sympathy.
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