[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 66 (Tuesday, May 24, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                       TRIBUTE TO REV. HOSEA IVEY

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                           HON. MEL REYNOLDS

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 24, 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 Hosea Ivey of the United in Love 
Missionary Baptist Church. Attached is a proclamation I issued Rev. 
Ivey commending him for his work.

                              Proclamation

       Whereas the Reverend Hosea Ivey was born in Union Spring, 
     Alabama, one of six brothers and one sister, the son of a 
     Methodist Minister, the Reverend George D. Ivey and Fannie 
     Ivey, he is a family man, married to Maureen Ivey, they have 
     been Blessed with three sons, Clifford Ivey, a public school 
     teacher, Dr. Carl Ivey, M.D., a Pediatrician, and Hosea Ivey, 
     Jr., a computer programer; and
       Whereas Reverend Ivey completed grammar school and high 
     school in Union Spring, Alabama, he was reared on a farm, at 
     the age of seventeen he left home looking for gainful 
     employment, first in Fort Benning Georgia, Montgomery, 
     Alabama, and Florida, during World War II he served in the 
     United States Army from April 26, 1945 to February 16, 1947; 
     and
       Whereas Reverend Ivey moved to Chicago in 1951, promptly he 
     found employment at United States Steel Company working there 
     for thirty-three years; and
       Whereas Reverend Ivey was active in the Methodist Church 
     for many years, serving as the Finance Chairman at Kelly 
     Methodist Church, Chicago, Illinois, God Called him into the 
     Ministry in 1972, Ordained in 1977 at the Greater Mount 
     Vernon Baptist Church, under the Pastoral leadership of The 
     Reverend Charles Alexander, through prayer and faith Reverend 
     Ivey organized the United In Love Missionary Baptist Church, 
     Chicago, Illinois, leading people to Christ and serving the 
     community for over seventeen years, Reverend Ivey is a family 
     man, a man of faith, a shepherd, and a true role model in our 
     community. Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Congress of the United States of America 
     wishes to acknowledge the faithfulness and accomplishments of 
     The Reverend Hosea Ivey, by entering these accomplishments 
     into the Congressional Record and Archives of the One Hundred 
     and Third Congress of the United States of America.

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