[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 97 (Monday, July 12, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1512]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        TRIBUTE TO REV. LINDSAY G. FIELDS OF HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA

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                    HON. ROBERT E. (BUD) CRAMER, JR.

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 12, 1999

  Mr. CRAMER. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to pay 
tribute to the life and legacy of Rev. Lindsay G. Fields of Huntsville, 
Alabama, an extraordinary man whose one hundred and seven years were 
marked by a true sense of compassion and a dedication of God and his 
family.
  Rev. L.G. Fields was born in Harris, Alabama on February 6, 1892 and 
spent over fifty years in the United Methodist ministry. He spent 
sixteen years in Gadsden as pastor of Sweet Home Methodist Church and 
then led Village view Methodist Church in Athens until his retirement.
  The long and blessed life of Rev. Fields included a passion for 
education. He attended the American School of Correspondence in Chicago 
and then Gammon Theological Seminary in Atlanta. He continued his love 
of education by serving on the board of trustees for Clark and Rust 
Colleges.
  For Rev. Fields, community service was a way of life. He worked with 
the Madison County Council on Aging, the Mental Health Centers, the 
Madison County Senior Center and the Model Cities Program. I believe 
this tribute is only fitting for one who has given so much of himself 
for others.
  I commend the perseverance of Rev. Fields is the raising and 
educating of his twelve children with the late Rosa Perry Fields. With 
24 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren, Rev. Fields has left a 
proud and beloved legacy. I offer my sympathy to the Fields family
  On behalf of the people of Alabama's fifth Congressional District, I 
join them in celbrating the extraordinary life and honoring the memory 
of a man who filled his one hundred and seven years with a love of God, 
country and family.

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