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

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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 Roy A. Holmes of the Greater 
Walters African Methodist Episcopal Church. Attached is a proclamation 
I issued Reverend Holmes commending him for his work.

                              Proclamation

       Whereas the Reverend Roy A. Holmes is a native of 
     Greenwood, Mississippi, the son of the late Tommy Holmes and 
     Mrs. Ruby Holmes. He is a family man married to the former 
     Miss Lovetta Goodson and they are the proud parents of two 
     daughters, Krista Marie and Kimberly Michelle; and
       Whereas Reverend Holmes matriculated at Morris Brown 
     College, Atlanta, Georgia, earning the Bachelor of Arts 
     degree in Philosophy and Religion, 1974, Hood Theological 
     Seminary, Salisbury, North Carolina, earning the Master of 
     Divinity degree, 1978; and
       Whereas Reverend Holmes is an experienced shepherd 
     beginning his pastoral ministry as Pastor of St. Matthew 
     African Methodist Episcopal Zion (A.M.E.Z.) Church, Whitmire, 
     South Carolina, Pastor, Mt. Lebanon A.M.E.Z. Church, 
     Elizabeth City, North Carolina, Pastor, Wesley Center 
     A.M.E.Z. Church, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he served on 
     the Commission to remap Pittsburgh, adding three African-
     Americans to the City Council, and served on the Mayor's 
     Committee for Minority Business Development; and
       Whereas Reverend Holmes came to Greater Walters A.M.E.Z. 
     Church, Chicago, Illinois in 1988, under his leadership the 
     congregation has continued to prosper. The Greater Walters 
     church is reaching out to the community with Marriage 
     Encounter Groups, Singles Ministry, Youth Seminars, Tutoring 
     for grades 6 through 12, African American History Class, 
     Prison Outreach Ministry, and Senior Citizen Activities: Now, 
     therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Congress of the United States wishes to 
     acknowledge the accomplishments of The Reverend Roy Holmes 
     and the Greater Walters African Methodist Episcopal Church, 
     Chicago, Illinois by entering these accomplishments into the 
     Congressional Record and Archives of the One Hundred and 
     Third Congress of the United States.

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