[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 96 (Friday, July 17, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1344-E1345]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   TRIBUTE TO ZEDEKIAH LAZETTE GRADY

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                         HON. JAMES E. CLYBURN

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 17, 1998

  Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to the Right 
Reverend Zedekiah Lazette Grady of Birmingham, Alabama. Mr. Grady is a 
pillar of the community who has served his church and family 
tirelessly.
  Bishop Grady has served the African Methodist Episcopal Church well 
over forty years as a distinguished pastor, capable administrator, 
civic organizer, ecumenical leader, social reformer, teacher, presiding 
elder and a Christian gentleman. He served as pastor of Bethel African 
Methodist Episcopal Church in Laurens, South Carolina; Walnut Grove 
African Methodist Episcopal Church in Ware Shoals, South Carolina; 
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Anderson, South Carolina; 
Rocky River African Methodist Episcopal Church in Antreville, South 
Carolina; St. Stephen African Methodist Episcopal Church in Georgetown, 
South Carolina; and Morris Brown African Methodist Episcopal Church in 
Charleston, South Carolina.
  In addition to the above pastorates, Bishop Grady served as the 
Presiding Elder of the historically rich Edisto District of the Seventh 
Episcopal District South Carolina Conference. Under his leadership, 
membership in the District increased ten percent a year and the number 
of pastoral charges increased from 24 to 35.
  In 1992, Bishop Grady was elected the 111th Bishop of African 
Methodist Episcopal Church and was assigned to the Sixteenth Episcopal 
District, which included work around the world. In 1996, he was 
assigned to the Ninth Episcopal District headquartered in Birmingham, 
Alabama.
  Bishop Grady's civic and community service has also been extensive. 
He was a key negotiator in the hospital and garbage worker strikes of 
the late 1960s in Charleston, South Carolina. He has served as Chairman 
and Vice-President of the South Carolina Juvenile Parole Board and was 
a member of the Charleston Community Race Relations Committee and the 
Charleston County Housing Authority. He is a member and past president 
of the A.M.E. Ministerial Alliance and Interdenominational Ministerial 
Alliance and has been a delegate to the World Methodist Conferences 
four times. Bishop Grady is married to the former Carrie Etta Robertson 
of Winnesboro, South Carolina. They have four children and two 
grandchildren.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask you to join me today in honoring the Right 
Reverend Zedekiah Lazette

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Grady for his outstanding work as a devoted minister and community 
leader. During his life, he has been a role model of commitment to the 
church and his family.

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