Verna Mae Riggs, 82, of Cisco died Saturday, August 22, 2020 in a Cisco nursing home. A memorial service will be held at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, September 5, 2020 at the Assembly of Yahweh 7 ^th Day Church, Romney.

Verna was born December 19, 1937 in Denver, Colorado to John Benjamin and Evelyn Mae (Everett) Rodgers. She graduated from high school in Mesa, Arizona. She later moved to Missouri where she worked at the Missouri Delta Medical Center as a CNA for many years. She moved to Cisco from Missouri in 2002. She was a member of the Assembly of Yahweh 7 ^th Day Church.

She is survived by her son John Pierson McClendon of Winnemucca, Nevada; daughter Nellie Odean Kirk of Puxico, Missouri; brother George LeRoy Rodgers of Elko, Nevada and sister Sharon Williams of Cisco.