"Your tears are just temporary relief; your tears are just a release of the pain and sorrow and grief. Your tears are expressions that can't be controlled. A little crying down here is alright, afterwhile you won't have to cry no more. God is going to wipe every tear away. -Bishop Paul Morton. Clevetta LaVerne Rogers no longer has to cry as God has wiped away every tear.

Clevetta was born October 9, 1961, in Birmingham, Alabama to the late Cleveland Yelder and Vivian (James) Jackson-Ford. The only child to this union.

Clevetta grew up in Salinas, California and she received her early education at Fremont Elementary and Alisal High School. Clevetta always had a passion for helping others and started taking nursing classes at Hartnell Collage while working at a local nursing home.

She later went on to marry Everett Rogers, Sr and to this union one child was born. Clevetta relocated from California to Wichita, Kansas where she resided until her passing.

Gone but will never be forgotten, the memory of Clevetta LaVerne Rogers shall remain in the hearts of her child, Everett Rogers, Jr., of Kansas; her brother, Jerross Jackson of Maryland; sister Jovett Jackson of Virginia; one grandchild Riley S. Scott of California; a very dear friend and mother figure Mrs. Nancy Holt of Salinas, California and friends.