[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 32 (Tuesday, March 2, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E310]
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                   IN MEMORY OF MARY COOPER STRINGER

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                   HON. CHARLES W. ``CHIP'' PICKERING

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, March 2, 1999

  Mr. PICKERING. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to a 
remarkable lady, and constituent of mine from the Third District, Mrs. 
Mary Cooper Stringer, who passed away on Friday January 15, 1999, in 
Forest, Mississippi, following a short illness. The Mississippi State 
Senate adjourned January 18, 1999, in her honor.
  Mrs. Stringer, along with her husband Robert P. ``Bob'' Stringer, 
lived in the Forest community for the past 40 years and was actively 
involved in community and local affairs. She was a graduate of 
Mississippi State College for Women, a member of the Eastern Star, and 
worked for the Pentagon after graduating from college.
  When not doting on her husband, Mrs. Stringer was cheering and 
backing her favorite team, the Mississippi State Bulldogs and striving 
to make her hometown the best it could be. Mrs. Stringer's first love 
was her husband Bob, their two daughters, Jean and Anne and their two 
sons, Robert and Johnny, along with their 13 grandchildren and one 
great grandson.
  Mrs. Stringer was a very astute businesswoman and a close friend of 
my predecessor Congressman G.V. ``Sonny'' Montgomery. She was very 
helpful and active in the planning of the Annual Montgomery Hunters 
Stew which Bob hosted for Congressman Montgomery each January, for the 
past 22 years. Mr. Stringer served on the Forest Board of Alderman for 
four terms before his retirement in June 1997.
  The legacy that Mrs. Stringer leaves behind will be very hard to 
emulate. She was a much admired lady. I extend my sympathy to her 
husband ``Bob'', and other family members while expressing my 
appreciation and that of every citizen of the 3rd District for her life 
of service.

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