[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 81 (Thursday, June 23, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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[Congressional Record: June 23, 1994]
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                        TRIBUTE TO NOPI BARNARD

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                            HON. DON JOHNSON

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 23, 1994

  Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the memory 
of a great citizen of the 10th District of Georgia, the late Nopi 
Barnard. As you recall, Mrs. Barnard was the wife of Representative 
Doug Barnard, who served this district well for 16 years.
  Mrs. Barnard was a fine poet. In remembrance of her, Mrs. Elinor 
Petree Schadek, whom Mrs. Barnard befriended when she moved to Augusta, 
GA, has written a poem entitled ``To Nopi.'' I would like for this poem 
to be entered into the Record.

                                To Nopi

     I was a stranger and she took me in.
     She opened doors,
     Gently led me by the hand,
     And showed me how to live again.

     I heard a knock upon my door
     And went to find
     Baskets of flowers, a note,
     A book, a friendly face.

     Earth Mother with a southern grace,
     She melted all the northern ice
     Around my frozen heart.

     Some day, in green Elysian fields,
     On a flower-strewn slope
     In Paradise
     I know I will find her.

     Dear Nopi, of the soft brown eyes,
     Patiently, lovingly standing by
     Adjusting new halos, smoothing new wings
     Helping new angles learn to fly.

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