[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 131 (Monday, September 19, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                          TRIBUTE TO INEZ LACY

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                            HON. MIKE PARKER

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, September 19, 1994

  Mr. PARKER. Mr. Speaker, it is with sorrow that I stand before you 
today to honor Mrs. Inez Lacy, an aide to my colleague Representative 
Sonny Montgomery of Mississippi's Third District. Inez died on August 
30 from injuries sustained in a car accident 2 days earlier. I would 
like to say a few words in Inez's memory.
  Inez was an aide to Congressman Montgomery for 15 years beginning in 
his Washington, DC, office. A native of Quitman, MS, Inez came to 
Washington to work for the late Mississippi Senator James O. Eastland. 
When Senator Eastland retired in 1978, Inez went to work for 
Congressman Montgomery. In 1983, she moved back home to Mississippi to 
work in Laurel, which because of redistricting is now part of the 
district I represent. She worked in Laurel for 10 years, until 1993, 
and I know that many people in Laurel join in mourning our loss of 
Inez.
  Inez will be remembered for her wonderful personality and her 
eagerness to help others as though they were part of her own family. 
She had a very giving spirit and an overall kindness to those she 
served. As Members of Congress, we have a special trust in our staff 
members, who want to serve the citizens of our districts by serving 
with us. It is a joy to work with people like Inez. She will be greatly 
missed by Congressman Montgomery and her fellow staff members, her 
friends at the First Baptist Church in Quitman and in the community, 
the people of the old and new Third Districts, as well as by my staff 
and me. She was a fine person, a dedicated servant to the people of 
Mississippi, and a loyal, dear friend.
  I would like to ask you to remember her family--her husband, Dave; 
her son, Douglas Samuel Morse; her daughter, Deborah Nordstrom; her 
brother, George Clifton Sellers; and her five grandchildren--in your 
prayers. Now as we say goodbye to a friend, I ask that my colleagues 
join me in honoring the memory of Inez Lacy for her willing dedication 
to serve--and for just being Inez.

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