Full Text of HR0056 94th General Assembly
HR0056 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois learned with sadness of the death of Ms. | 4 |
| Annie Ruth Rogers on January 20, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born on March 18, 1920, to Willie Mae and | 6 |
| Wayman Caldwell in Birmingham, Alabama; and
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| WHEREAS, Ruth received her college diploma from Fort Valley | 8 |
| College in Georgia and became a math teacher in Fort Gaines, | 9 |
| Georgia; after moving to Chicago, she obtained a master's | 10 |
| degree from Governors State University in Park Forest; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1966, Ruth joined the staff of the Community | 12 |
| Mental Health Center, a joint venture between the University of | 13 |
| Chicago's Department of Psychiatry and The Woodlawn | 14 |
| Organization; she worked with the University of Chicago and | 15 |
| later Johns Hopkins University on research projects aimed at | 16 |
| improving the African American education and mental health | 17 |
| experience; and
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| WHEREAS, Ruth's chosen profession was community service, | 19 |
| and she worked for The Woodlawn Organization (TWO) from 1973 to | 20 |
| 1996; during her tenure with TWO, she worked in various | 21 |
| capacities; she served as a community organizer working with | 22 |
| block clubs and community members and leaders protesting for | 23 |
| better housing, mental health services, voter's rights, and | 24 |
| countless social and economic issues affecting community | 25 |
| residents; as Director of TWO's The Woodlawn House, a halfway | 26 |
| house for the mentally ill, she helped many mentally ill | 27 |
| clients while advocating for increased services for the | 28 |
| mentally ill in Chicago; she retired as Vice Chairman of The | 29 |
| Board of Directors of TWO in 1996; and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Rogers led an active spiritual life, and she |
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| was a founding member of the Board of Trustees for Metropolitan | 2 |
| Apostolic Community Church; and
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| WHEREAS, She was a trailblazing crusader, advocate, and | 4 |
| tireless warrior dedicated to uplifting the human spirit; she | 5 |
| was a leader, an educator, and teacher; she had the unique | 6 |
| ability to tap into the resources of those whom she believed | 7 |
| could make a difference in the lives of others; she was | 8 |
| actively involved in church, community, and civic | 9 |
| organizations that lifted her spirits and gave her | 10 |
| opportunities to continue to help others; she walked among many | 11 |
| high ranking dignitaries and leaders in all aspects of life, | 12 |
| but she never lost her common touch; her compassion will remain | 13 |
| a part of her legacy and her love and spirit will always live | 14 |
| in the hearts and minds of those she left behind; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Annie Ruth Rogers has been deeply | 16 |
| felt by many, especially her sisters, Mildred Mitchell, Juanita | 17 |
| Hargrave (Robert), and Nettie Frances Smith (Lewis); her | 18 |
| brothers, John W. Hardy (Eliza) and Bennie Hardy (Joan); and | 19 |
| many nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends; she was | 20 |
| preceded in death by her sisters, Creola Reed and Marie Taylor; | 21 |
| and her brothers, Willie J. Hardy, Judge Hardy, Jimmie Hardy, | 22 |
| Jonah Havard Hardy, Alfred Hardy, and Clarence Hardy; | 23 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 25 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 26 |
| we mourn the passing of Annie Ruth Rogers, and we extend our | 27 |
| deepest sympathy to her family, friends, and all who knew and | 28 |
| loved her; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 30 |
| presented to her family as an expression of our sincere | 31 |
| condolences.
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