[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 140 (Friday, September 30, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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                     TRIBUTE TO THE MATHENEY FAMILY

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                            HON. JAY DICKEY

                              of arkansas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, September 30, 1994

  Mr. DICKEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to share with my colleagues a 
truly remarkable family in the Fourth Congressional District of 
Arkansas. Roy Eason Matheney, Sr., his wife, Verleen, and their seven 
children are all striking examples of the spiritual, moral, and hard-
working fiber on which our Nation was founded.
  Roy Eason Matheney, Sr., has been a spiritual leader for nearly four 
decades. He has met the needs of thousands of people throughout his 
life-long work as a pastor/evangelist. This Sunday, October 2, he and 
his wife will be honored for their years of service to the south 
Arkansas community.
  Following in their footsteps are their seven children: Roy Jr., 
Robert, Ronald, Rickey, Ralph, Rodney and Roslyn Matheney-Williams--two 
medical doctors, two educators, one pastor, and two associate pastors 
who are all college educated. The Matheney children are beacons of hope 
for today's youth.
  Because of his accomplishments, Roy Eason Matheney, Sr., was 
inaugurated on May 7, 1994, into the office of bishop of the Third 
Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction of Arkansas in The Churches of God in 
Christ, by that organizations' national bishop, Bishop L.H. Ford. It's 
a position that oversees over 60 churches in south Arkansas.
  It is with great pleasure that I take this time to honor this great 
American family and to join with them on Sunday, October 2, 1994. He 
will celebrate the 33 years Bishop Matheney and his wife have devoted 
to the Davis Memorial Church of God in Christ in Crossett, AR, and 
their service to the people of south Arkansas. The Matheney name and 
their deeds will be long remembered by the people of the Fourth 
Congressional District.
  Thank you.

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