[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 90 (Wednesday, July 13, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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[Congressional Record: July 13, 1994]
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    THOMAS EDWARD ``PAPA'' WILLIAMS, JR., CELEBRATES 100TH BIRTHDAY

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                         HON. JAMES E. CLYBURN

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 13, 1994

  Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Mr. Thomas 
Edward ``Papa'' Williams, Jr., of Charleston, SC, who celebrated his 
100th birthday on July 4, 1994.
  Mr. Williams was born to Thomas and Julia Rivers Williams on July 4, 
1894, in Dale, a small town in Beaufort County, SC. He was one of five 
sons and three daughters.
  Mr. Williams, affectionately called Papa by his family and friends, 
currently lives in the Rosemont neighborhood of Charleston, where he 
has been a resident for 48 years. In 1929, he married Florence Rivers, 
who brought two children into the marriage, Rivers and Louise, and they 
had a daughter, Leila. Mrs. Williams was 93 when she died nearly 3 
years ago. Mr. Williams has 16 grandchildren, 43 great-grandchildren, 
and 11 great-great-grandchildren.
  Mr. Williams retired from Etiwan Fertilizer Co. in 1972 at the age of 
78. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Williams also worked on local farms, 
with Atlantic Coastline Railroad in Waycross, GA, as a longshoreman at 
the Seabord airline dock and with Port Terminal.
  Mr. Williams has been a member of Ebenezer African Methodist 
Episcopal Church for more than 65 years, where he serves as a leader 
and a steward.
  Mr. Speaker, I wish to say happy birthday to a remarkable gentleman 
who credits his longevity to living a Christian life.

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