[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 64 (Friday, May 20, 1994)]
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                       TRIBUTE TO WILEY C. COSEY

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                           HON. MEL REYNOLDS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                          Friday, May 20, 1994

  Mr. REYNOLDS. Mr. Speaker, I would like to bring to the attention of 
my colleagues, the outstanding work done by a great leader in my 
congressional district, The Reverend Wiley C. Cosey of the First 
Corinthian Missionary Baptist Church. Attached is a proclamation I 
issued the reverend commending him for his work.

                              Proclamation

       Whereas the Reverend Wiley C. Cosey is a native of St. 
     Louis, Missouri, reared and educated in Clarksdale, 
     Mississippi, served his country enlisting in the United 
     States Army in 1941, and
       Whereas Reverend Cosey acknowledged his call to the 
     ministry and was ordained in 1960. In January of 1962 he was 
     elected Pastor of the First Corinthian Missionary Baptist 
     Church where he served faithfully for the past 31 years and 
     continues to serve, and
       Whereas Reverend Cosey is a world traveler with a mission, 
     traveling to Jerusalem in 1985, and to the African Continent 
     several times, helping to build two churches and two schools, 
     and
       Whereas Reverend Cosey is a former President of the 
     Pastor's Conference of Chicago and Vicinity, in 1989 the 
     church building was destroyed by fire, today by the Grace of 
     God, a new 800 seat church now stands in its place, the 
     ministry continues to grow with a soup kitchen for the poor, 
     weekly clothing and food distribution, and
       Whereas Reverend Cosey is a family man married to Ms. 
     Eloise Johnson since 1943, with two adopted children, a girl 
     and a boy from Africa--Reverend and Mrs. Cosey are truly a 
     rare couple, who live by their church motto, ``The greatest 
     joy in living is the joy you get from giving'': Now, 
     therefore be it
       Resolved, That the United States Congress wishes to 
     acknowledge the accomplishments of the Reverend Wiley C. 
     Cosey.

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