[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 85 (Thursday, June 25, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1233]
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                HONORING REVEREND WILLIE H. UPSHAW, D.D.

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                          HON. ELIOT L. ENGEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 25, 1998

  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, the City of Yonkers and especially the Mount 
Carmel Baptist Church are fortunate to have a pastor such as the 
Reverend Willie H. Upshaw. Dr. Upshaw has been pastor of the Church for 
31 years, since 1967. It was under his guidance that the membership 
grew from 150 to more than 2,500.
  Dr. Upshaw was born in Alabama and began his journey in the church 
early in life as an active member of the Galilee Baptist Church. In 
1957 he moved to New York where he was licensed to the ministry and, in 
1967, ordained.
  That same year Dr. Upshaw became Pastor of the Mount Carmel Baptist 
Church where he sees to the needs of his flock by visiting and praying 
with the sick and shut-ins, dedicating infants, bringing the Gospel to 
persons at nursing homes and prisons and helping those in the community 
who look to him for guidance and counsel.
  Dr. Upshaw served as Executive Vice President of the Yonkers Council 
of Churches, as President of the Ministerial Fellowship of Yonkers, as 
a member of the Central Hudson Baptist Association, the Central Hudson 
Baptist Retreat, and the Board of Directors of Yonkers General 
Hospital. He has received the Community Service Award and was 
recognized by the American Heart Association for unparalleled 
dedication to the Heart Healthy Education Project. Dr. Upshaw and his 
wife Carolyn have two children and two grandchildren.
  He personifies the good that one man can bring to a community. I 
salute him for the good work he has done for all of us.

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