Bill Text: IL HR0941 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Mourns the death of Gollie Mae Rodgers of Chicago.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Passed) 2014-03-24 - Resolution Adopted [HR0941 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HR0941-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 Gollie
Mae Rodgers of Chicago, who passed away on March 15, 2014; and
WHEREAS, Gollie Rodgers was born on August 26, 1946 in
Council, Arkansas; her parents were Clinton, Sr. and Beatrice
(nee Floyd) Mobley; she married Claymon Rodgers on September
26, 1966 in Chicago; and
WHEREAS, Gollie Rodgers graduated from Anna Strong High
School in Marianna, Arkansas in 1966 and attended Prairie State
College in Chicago Heights; and
WHEREAS, Gollie Rodgers was employed with Trine Stone
Cleaners in Chicago Heights, Four Seasons Nursing Home in Hazel
Crest, and ITW Impro in Monkena, where she retired after over
33 years of service; she also worked for the Chicago Heights
Park District and worked for many years as secretary of the
Mobley Family Reunion; and
WHEREAS, Gollie Rodgers was a member of Calvary Baptist
Church in Chicago Heights from 1973 to 2000, where she served
as Sunday school teacher, choir member, and member of the
women's missionary department; she was also a member of the

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First Union Missionary Baptist Church in Ford Heights from 2000
to 2014, where she served as a member of the treasury board,
choir member, member of the pastoral care committee, and member
of the feeding ministry; and
WHEREAS, Gollie Rodgers enjoyed traveling in the United
States and abroad and spending time with her family; and
WHEREAS, Gollie Rodgers was preceded in death by her
husband, Claymon; her daughter, Wanna Joyce; and her parents;
and
WHEREAS, Gollie Rodgers is survived by her daughters, Wanda
and Donna; her grandson, Michael E. Hunter; her granddaughters,
Destiny J. and Ericka C. Hunter; her sister, Mary H. (Henry
Jr.) Mobley Thompson; her brother, Clinton Mobley, Jr.; her
in-laws, Bobby Rodgers and Katherine Edmond; a host of nieces,
nephews, and cousins; her First Union Baptist Church family;
and her "son", Pastor Dr. Robert M. Foster; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
we, along with her family and friends, mourn the passing of
Gollie Mae Rodgers; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be

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presented to the family of Gollie Rodgers as an expression of
our sympathy.