[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 88 (Friday, June 14, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1091-E1092]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    A TRIBUTE TO EVA SILVER JOHNSON

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                          HON. EVA M. CLAYTON

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 13, 1996

  Mrs. CLAYTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor and pay tribute to 
Eva Silver Johnson for her community service and civic leadership. On 
June 15, 1996, friends and family members will gather in Littleton, NC, 
to celebrate her 75 years of life.
  Mrs. Johnson was born on June 5, 1921, in Hollister, NC, the oldest 
daughter of Mr. Ben Silver and Mrs. Minnie Burgess Silver. She attended 
Tabron School in Halifax County and Hawkins High School in Warren 
County. At the age of 24 she married the late Edward Leonard Johnson, 
Jr. She worked as a housewife raising four children, Mable, Alice, 
Edward, and Delores. Mrs. Johnson managed the Edward Ned Johnson, Sr. 
farm, in Warren County, NC. In 1967, Mrs. Johnson joined the Halifax 
County School System Food Service Division where she worked for 19 
years retiring in 1986.
  Today, Mrs. Johnson is the part-time assistant manager of the 
Littleton Community Senior

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Center providing social services to seniors in Halifax and Warren 
Counties. She is also a member of the board of directors of the Twin 
County Rural Health Association in Essex, NC, and a member of American 
Legion Post No. 425 Women's Auxiliary in Littleton, NC. Mrs. Johnson is 
a life member of Lee's Chapel Baptist Church, in Littleton, NC, where 
she has been president of the Missionary Circle for the last 30 years. 
She has seven grandchildren, one daughter-in-law, two sons-in-law, 
three sisters, and six brothers.
  Mr. Speaker, I join in the celebration with the friends and family 
members of Mrs. Eva Silver Johnson as they celebrate her 75th birthday.

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