Bill Text: IL HR0451 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Mourns the death of Verbena Riley Rogers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-06-19 - Resolution Adopted [HR0451 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HR0451-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Verbena
Riley Rogers, who passed away on May 26, 2013; and
WHEREAS, Verbena Rogers was born on December 13, 1948, in
Inverness, Mississippi; her parents were Henry Riley Sr. and
Ethel McGee Riley; she married Jake Rogers Sr. in 1965; and
WHEREAS, Verbena Rogers moved to Chicago in 1971 and began
attending Union Missionary Baptist Church in 1977; during her
membership at Union, she regularly attended Sunday School and
Bible Study and served on the Mission Society, Contact
Committee, Golden Girls, and the Mother's Board; and
WHEREAS, Verbena Rogers was preceded in death by her
parents and her siblings, Henry Riley, Jr., Willie Lyons, and
Mattie Walker; and
WHEREAS, Verbena Rogers is survived by her children, Jake
Jr., Lloyd (Tonia), Floyd, Denise, Lashal, LaTanya, Verbena
Burns (Nathaniel), and Luke; her 27 grandchildren; her 17
great-grandchildren; her sisters-in-law, Bobbie Riley and
Cassandra Riley; her godmother, Alice London; her goddaughter,
Michelle Williams; her godsisters, Bobbie Bradley and Gladys

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Moreland; her godbrother, Reverend Freddie Harris; and her many
nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
we mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of
Verbena Riley Rogers; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to the family of Verbena Rogers as an expression of
our sympathy.