[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 10, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E197]
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                 IN MEMORY OF REVEREND DAVID LEE BRENT

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                            HON. IKE SKELTON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 10, 1999

  Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, it is with deep sadness that I inform the 
House of the death of Reverend David Lee Brent of Jefferson City, 
Missouri.
  Reverend Brent was born on June 27, 1929, in Forest City, Arkansas, 
the son of Will B. and Annie Mae Foreman Brent. A 1946 graduate of 
Benton Harbor High School, he graduated form Moody Bible Institute of 
Chicago, in 1957. He received his master's degree and a doctor of 
theology degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Georgia.
  Reverend Brent served on the St. Louis Council on Human Rights, 
served several churches in Missouri, was co-paster of Second Christian 
Church, Jefferson City, MO, and was a licensed insurance agent. He was 
the chief human relations officer for the Missouri Department of Mental 
Health of 28 years.
  Reverend Brent was a leader in the community, in his church, and in 
the local National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 
(NAACP). Two years ago, he became the president of the NAACP in 
Jefferson City. Shortly after taking the helm, he was instrumental in 
the formation of a city task force to study racial tensions in the 
public schools. Reverend Brent was the co-founder of Christians United 
for Racial Equality and the Black Ministerial Alliance. Reverend Brent 
was also a member of Tony Jenkins American Legion Post 231.
  I know the House will join me in extending heartfelt condolences to 
his family: his wife, Estella; his two sons, five daughters, one 
brother, three sisters, six grandchildren, and three great-
grandchildren.

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